40 years ago: An all-female population of lizards was discovered in Armenia.

30 years ago: The computer mouse was invented.

20 years ago: First test-tube baby born in England, Pluto’s moon, Charon, discovered.

10 years ago: First patent for a genetically-engineered mouse was issued to Harvard Medical School.5 years ago: The first successful cloning of human embryo

The smallest bone in the human body is the stapes or stirrup bone located in the middle ear. It is approximately .11 inches (.28 cm) long.

The longest cells in the human body are the motor neurons. They can be up to 4.5 feet (1.37 meters) long and run from the lower spinal cord to the big toe.

There are no poisonous snakes in Maine.

The blue whale can produce sounds up to 188 decibels. This is the loudest sound produced by a living animal and has been detected as far away as 530 miles.

The largest man-made lake in the U.S. is Lake Mead, created by Hoover Dam.

The poison arrow frogs of South and Central America are the most poisonous animals in the world.

A new born blue whale measures 20-26 feet (6.0 - 7.9 meters) long and weighs up to 6,614 pounds (3003 kg).

The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.

The Virginia opossum has a gestation period of only 12-13 days.

The Stegosaurus dinosaur measured up to 30 feet (9.1 meters) long but had a brain the size of a walnut.

The largest meteorite crater in the world is in Winslow, Arizona. It is 4,150 feet across and 150 feet deep.

The human eye blinks an average of 4,200,000 times a year.

Skylab, the first American space station, fell to the earth in thousands of pieces in 1979. Thankfully most over the ocean.

It takes approximately 12 hours for food to entirely digest.

Human jaw muscles can generate a force of 200 pounds (90.8 kilograms) on the molars.

The Skylab astronauts grew 1.5 - 2.25 inches (3.8 - 5.7 centimeters) due to spinal lengthening and straightening as a result of zero gravity.

An inch (2.5 centimeters) of rain water is equivalent to 15 inches (38.1 centimeters) of dry, powdery snow.

Tremendous erosion at the base of Niagara Falls (USA) undermines the shale cliffs and as a result the falls have receded approximately 7 miles over the last 10,000 years.

40 to 50 percent of body heat can be lost through the head (no hat) as a result of its extensive circulatory network.

A large swarm of desert locusts (Schistocerca gregaria) can consume 20,000 tons (18,160,000 kilograms) of vegetation a day.

The largest telescope in the world is currently being constructed in northern Chile. The telescope will utilize four - 26 ft. 8 in. (8.13 meters) mirrors which will gather as much light as a single 52 ft. 6 in. (16 meters) mirror.

The longest living cells in the body are brain cells which can live an entire lifetime.

The largest flying animal was the pterosaur which lived 70 million years ago. This reptile had a wing span of 36-39 feet (11-11.9 meters) and weighed 190-250 pounds (86-113.5 kilograms).

The Atlantic Giant Squid's eye can be as large as 15.75 inches (40 centimeters) wide.

Armadillos, opossums, and sloth's spend about 80% of their lives sleeping.

The starfish species, Porcellanaster ivanovi, has been found to live in water as deep as 24,881 feet (7,584 meters).

The tentacles of the giant Arctic jellyfish can reach 120 feet (36.6 meters) in length.

The greatest tide change on earth occurs in the Bay of Fundy. The difference between low tide and high tide can be as great as 54 ft. 6 in. (16.6 meters).

The highest temperature produced in a laboratory was 920,000,000 F (511,000,000 C) at the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor in Princeton, NJ, USA.

The most powerful laser in the world, the Nova laser at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, CA, USA, generates a pulse of energy equal to 100,000,000,000,000 watts of power for .000000001 second to a target the size of a grain of sand.

The fastest computer in the world is the CRAY Y-MP C90 supercomputer. It has two gigabytes of central memory and 16 parallel central processor units.

The deepest part of the ocean is 35,813 feet (10,916 meters) deep and occurs in the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean. At that depth the pressure is 18,000 pounds (9172 kilograms) per square inch.

The largest cave in the world (the Sarawak Chamber in Malaysia) is 2,300 feet (701 meters) long, 980 feet (299 meters) wide, and more than 230 feet (70 meters) high.

The hottest planet in the solar system is Venus, with an estimated surface temperature of 864 F (462 C).

The ears of a cricket are located on the front legs, just below the knee.

The first electronic digital computer (called ENIAC - the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator) was developed in 1946 and contained over 18,000 vacuum tubes.

The leg muscles of a locust are about 1000 times more powerful than an equal weight of human muscle.

The cosmos contains approximately 50,000,000,000 galaxies.

There are between 100,000,000,000 and 1,000,000,000,000 stars in a normal galaxy.

Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.

Scientists have discovered that copper pollution of the atmosphere occurred about 2500 years ago. This was discovered by analyzing ice cores from Greenland. The pollution was attributed to the Romans who used copper for military purposes and to produce coins.

Hydrofluoric acid will dissolve glass.

In a full grown rye plant, the total length of roots may reach 380 miles (613 km).

In a full grown rye plant, the total length of fine root hairs may reach 6600 miles (10,645 km).

A large sunspot can last for about a week.

If you could throw a snowball fast enough, it would totally vaporize when it hit a brick wall.

Boron nitride (BN) is the second hardest substance known to man.

The female Tarantula Hawk wasp paralyzes a large spider with her sting. She then lays her eggs on the motionless body so that her developing young have a fresh supply of spider meat to feed on.

The seeds of an Indian Lotus tree remain viable for 300 to 400 years.

The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter “J”.

Velcro was invented by a Swiss guy who was inspired by the way burrs attached to clothing.

Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.

October 10 is National Metric Day.

If you stretch a standard Slinky out flat it measures 87 feet long.

The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

Super Glue was invented by accident. The researcher was trying to make optical coating materials, and would test their properties by putting them between two prisms and shining light through them. When he tried the cyano-acrylate, he couldn't get the prisms apart.

No matter its size or thickness, no piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.

Knowledge is growing so fast that ninety per cent of what we will know in fifty years time, will be discovered in those fifty years.

According to an old English system of time units, a moment is one and a half minutes.

The typewriter was invented in 1829, and the automatic dishwasher in 1889.

The wristwatch was invented in 1904 by Louis Cartier.

When glass breaks, the cracks move at speeds of up to 3,000 miles per hour.

By raising your legs slowly and laying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand.

Ten minutes of one hurricane contains enough energy to match the nuclear stockpiles of the world.

Most gemstones contain several elements. The exception? The diamond. It's all carbon.

Diamonds are the hardest substance known to man.

Which of the 50 states has never had an earthquake? North Dakota.

When hydrogen burns in the air, water is formed.

Sterling silver contains 7.5% copper.

Cars were first made with ignition keys in 1949.

J.B Dunlop was first to put air into tires.

Alexander Graham Bell, who invented the telephone, also set a world water-speed record of over seventy miles an hour at the age of seventy two.

It is energy-efficient to turn off a fluorescent light only if it will not be used again within an hour or more. This is because of the high voltage needed to turn it on, and the shortened life this high voltage causes.

The lowest temperature on Earth was -128.6°F (-89.6°C) in Antarctica in 1983.

Sunlight can penetrate clean ocean water to a depth of 240 feet.

The average ocean floor is 12,000 feet.

The temperature can be determined by counting the number of cricket chirps in fourteen seconds and adding 40.

House flies have a lifespan of two weeks.

Chimps are the only animals that can recognize themselves in a mirror.

Starfish don't have brains.

The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

Shrimp's hearts are in their heads.

Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.

The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds

Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards.

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten.

Porcupines float in water.

An ostrich's eye is bigger that its brain.

An iguana can stay under water for twenty-eight minutes.

The common goldfish is the only animal that can see both infra-red and ultra-violet light.

It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

The pupil of an octopus' eye is rectangular.

Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

The leg bones of a bat are so thin that no bat can walk.

Ants cannot chew their food, they move their jaws sideways, like scissors, to extract the juices from the food.

Hummingbirds are the only animals able to fly backwards.

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

A cat's jaws cannot move sideways.

Armadillos get an average of 18.5 hours of sleep per day.

Armadillos can walk underwater.

There are more beetles than any other kind of creature in the world.

Certain frogs that can survive the experience of being frozen.

Only humans sleep on their backs.

The human brain is 80% water.

Everyone's tongue print is different.

As an adult, you have more than 20 square feet of skin on your body--about the same square footage as a blanket for a queen-sized bed.

In your lifetime, you'll shed over 40 pounds of skin.

15 million blood cells are produced and destroyed in the human body every second.

Every minute, 30-40,000 dead skin cells fall from your body.

The brain uses more than 25% of the oxygen used by the human body.

If your mouth was completely dry, you would not be able to distinguish the taste of anything.

There are more living organisms on the skin of a single human being than there are human beings on the surface of the earth.

Muscles are made up of bundles from about 5 in the eyelid to about 200 in the buttock muscle.

Muscles in the human body (640 in total) make up about half of the body weight.

The human body has enough fat to produce 7 bars of soap.

The human head is a quarter of our total length at birth, but only an eighth of our total length by the time we reach adulthood.

Most people blink about 17,000 times a day.

Moths have no stomach.

Hummingbirds can't walk.

Sea otters have 2 coats of fur.

A starfish can turn its stomach inside out.

A zebra is white with black stripes.

The animal with the largest brain in relation to its body is the ant.

The largest eggs in the world are laid by a shark.

A crocodile’s tongue is attached to the roof of its mouth.

Crocodiles swallow stones to help them dive deeper.

Giraffes are unable to cough.

Sharks are immune to cancer.

Despite the hump, a camel’s spine is straight.

Cheetah's can accelerate from 0 to 70 km/h in 3 seconds.

A giraffe's neck contains the same number of vertebrae as a human.

The heart of giraffe is two feet long, and can weigh as much as twenty four pounds.

On average, Elephants sleep for about 2 hours per day.

Lobsters have blue blood.

Shark's teeth are literally as hard as steel.

A mosquito has 47 teeth.

Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.

Seventy percent of the dust in your home consists of shed human skin

Fish are the only vertebrates that outnumber birds.

A cockroach can live for several weeks without its head.

The average human produces a quart of saliva a day -- about 10,000 gallons in a lifetime

Elephants have been known to remain standing after they die.

The embryos of tiger sharks fight each other while in their mother's womb, the survivor being the baby shark that is born.

Ants do not sleep.

Nearly a third of all bottled drinking water purchased in the US is contaminated with bacteria.

Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over 1 million descendents.

An Astronaut can be up to 2 inches taller returning from space. The cartilage disks in the spine expand in the absence of gravity.

The oldest known fossil is of a single-celled organism, blue-green algae, found in 3.2 billion year-old stones in South Africa.

The oldest multicellular fossils date from ~700 million years ago.

The earliest cockroach fossils are about 280 million years old.

Healthy nails grow about 2 cm each year. Fingernails grow four times as fast as toenails.

20/20 vision means the eye can see normally at 20 feet. 20/15 is better; the eye can see at 20 feet what another eye sees at 15 feet.

The average person has 100,000 hairs on his/her head. Each hair grows about 5 inches (12.7 cm) every year.

There are 60,000 miles (97,000 km) in blood vessels in every human.

Birds and anything that fliesThe eye of the ostrich’s is much bigger than its brain (poor bird);Nectar bats is recorded to have longest tongue amongst all mammals;A total of 14 feet worms is just enough for a baby robin’s day;Singapore is home to the world’s largest bird;White eggs are what all owls produce;The kiwi cannot fly and lays only a single egg yearly;The Americans tried to train bats in World War II to drop bombs (then came batman….maybe);Some birds from South America do breed in the summer in Canada;When exiting a cave, bats always do turn left (one way, I guess);Birds cannot go into outer space as they will die of choking (leave it to superman);An additional pigeon must always be present when a female is about to lay eggs;The feathers of a pigeon weigh more than its bones.You can find 40 different muscles in a bird’s wing (now that’s a lot!).Amongst any other bird, the Woodpeckers have longer tongues;A “quack” (duck) does not echo; (hey Donald, you mind explaining this?);Most bird’s babies are born with their eyes open;The Flamingos live up to as long as 80 years.The Philippines’ “Kalaw” bird makes a load noise each noon and known as the clock of the mountains; and,Hens does not have any teeth;B. MammalsThe sometimes pesky rats cannot actually burp;The only dog that is capable of getting gout is the Dalmatian;Speaking of rats, their babies are called “pinkies”;Some of the no-no’s to a dog as it is considered toxic is the Macadamia nuts;The largest cat in the world is the Siberian Tiger;70% of a cat’s day is mostly spent on sleeping;Koala bears and humans has one thing in common – their fingerprints can be mistakenly recognized;Rabbits don’t and cannot vomit;The ears of the elephant are used actually used to regulate its body temperature;And these large mammals (elephants) do also cry;During ancient times, captains of the ships maintain pigs on board (lucky charm?);All mammals actually have tongues;To protect themselves from sand in the deserts, Camels has three eyelids;The actual length of a giraffe’s tongue is 18 to 20 inches long (tongue twister?);A mere blink of a dog shows that he’s being friendly;A strand of a Reindeer’s hair is as hollow as a tube;It was in 1773 that the kangaroo’s first picture was seen;They usually kept some cats in the Tower of London - Lions;Bulls are basically colorblind and it is not the color that the matadors’ wave that makes them angry. Its actually the matador’s motion;One of the koala’s ancestors is the wombat;And these animals actually spends 18 hours a day sleeping;There are actually eight existing bear species all over the world;Hippos are killer animals and have killed more African people than any other wild animal;Hippos’ real name meaning is “river horse”;A horse eats more of his weight. A 1200-pound horse will eat about 7 times of his own weight yearly (Wow, that’s what I call an appetite!);Apart from using it for its body temperature, the Elephant’s ear is so unique and can actually be used to identify fingerprints (take a look at this FBI guys);Talk about maturity, the Elephants, by the time they are 13 or 14 years old, are believed to have reached their puberty;It’s amazing that Cows really don’t have any upper front teeth;Wild cats have scattered its 36 species all around the world; and,An Elephant’s death is not caused by its old age but by his hunger (It’s feeding time!);C. Fishes and others that swimTry this if you want: hide a Goldfish in a room that is dark and the humble fish will eventually turn into white (Magic!);The seahorse has approximately 35 species;How loud a blue whale shouts - 188 decibels or more (Shhhhh!);Pacific salmon has five species (delicious!);Jaws’ killer whale can actually swim at a speed 50km/h or more;27,000 – number of taste buds that a catfish has;The expensive Lobster was believed to be a food for poor people back then;Talk about readiness, the Parrotfish have their own sleeping bags for them to doze on anytime they feel like;Fish scales are the common ingredient present on some lipsticks;Not all jellyfish has brains (they do?);Shrimps are all born as males but some of them eventually grow to be females (sex change?);The heart of a blue whale actually beats nine times per minute;Man does not know that sharks cannot get sick of cancer;It takes about two days out of the water before a climbing perch fish die;For a shrimp, empty his head and you’ll get his heart;Dissect a Starfish and you’ll find no brain; and,But it can actually re-grow a torn arm (of the five?);D. ReptilesThe chameleons has tongues that are much longer than its body length;“A terrible lizard”. That’s what the word “dinosaur” (Greek) actually means;In swallowing large amounts of food, Kermit and his likes actually use their eyeballs (and the tongue for seeing?);You can make faces with a croc as it cannot stick its tongue out in return;Giving birth to as close as 200 is one of Puff Adder Snake’s amazing abilities (Better get her some nannies!);The world’s largest Crocodile Farm can be found in Thailand;With a slight resemblance to humans, Snakes are believed to continue to grow until the day they die;New Zealand’s Tuatara lizards have three eyes. Two at the center of the head and one at the top;Arizona’s Gopher Snake are not poisonous but can imitate the hiss that a rattlesnake makes (copycat!);A mallet chipping rock and a tinkling bell – that’s how a tree frog croak sound like;The Caribbean islands lizard is 16-millimeter in length, the smallest reptile in the world;Approximately two weeks is all it takes for the sloth to digest their food.E. Tiny little creatures (these one’s are noteworthy of their cruelties and killer instincts)The lovely Butterflies actually has their sense of taste in their feet;The praying mantis’ mating process starts with the female ripping her mate’s head off. (Ouch!) This is a fact because the male cannot “do” it with its head attached to his body (Shy, perhaps!);A Person who is sensitive can be easily killed by Fire Ants (small wonders!);Never let a honey bee sting you because the same dies after stinging;It is true that Spiderman’s ancestors as well as himself, are not insects after all;More the king sprees…The Black Widow female spider oftentimes devours on the male ones after mating;“White man’s flies” are what the Indians call the Honey bees during those times.

Sunday, April 12, 2009

AAbsolute zero - lowest possible temperature at which gas would have a zero volume.Absorption spectrum - spectrum of electromagnetic radiation absorbed by matter when radiation of all frequencies is passed through it.Acceleration - change in velocity divided by time interval over which it occurred.Accuracy - closeness of a measurement to the standard value of that quantity.Achromatic lens - lens for which all light colours have the same focal length.Action-reaction forces - pair of forces involved in an interaction that are equal in magnitude and opposition in direction.Activity - number of decays per second of a radioactive substance.Adhesion - force of attraction between two unlike materials.Air resistance - force of air on objects moving through it.Alpha decay - process in which a nucleus emits an alpha particle.Alpha particle - positively- charged particles consisting of two protons and two neutrons emitted by radioactive materials.Ammeter - device to measure electrical current.Amorphous solid - solids that have no long- range order; no crystal structure.Ampere - unit of electric current; one ampere is the flow of one coulomb of charge per second.Amplitude - in any periodic motion, the maximum displacement from equilibrium.Angle of incidence - angle between direction of motion of waves and a line perpendicular to surface the waves are striking.Angle of reflection - angle between direction of motion of waves and a line perpendicular to surface the waves are reflected from.Angle of refraction - angle between direction of motion of waves and a line perpendicular to surface the waves have been refracted from.Angular momentum - quantity of rotational motion. For a rotating object, product of moment of inertia and angular velocity.Annihilation - process in which a particle and its antiparticle are converted into energy.Antenna - device used to receive or transmit electromagnetic waves.Antineutrino -subatomic particle with no charge or mass emitted in beta decay.Antinode -point of maximum displacement of two superimposed waves.Archimedes’ principle - object immersed in a fluid has an upward force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object.Artificial radioactivity - radioactive isotope not found in nature.atomic mass unit - unit of mass equal to 1/12 the atomic mass of carbon- 12 nucleus.Atomic number - number of protons in the nucleus of the atom.Average acceleration - acceleration measured over a finite time intervalAverage velocity - velocity measured over a finite time interval.

B

Back-EMF -potential difference a cross a conductor caused by change in magnetic flux.Band theory - theory explaining electrical conduction in solids.Baryon - subatomic particle composed of three quarks. Interacts with the strong nuclear force.Battery -device that converts chemical to electrical energy consisting of two dissimilar conductors and an electrolyte.Beat -slow oscillation in amplitude of a complex waveBernoulli’s principle - when a fixed quantity of fluid flows, the pressure is decreased when the flow velocity increases.Beta decay - radioactive decay process in which an electron or positron and neutrino is emitted from a nucleus.Beta particle - high speed electron emitted by a radioactive nucleus in beta decay.Binding energy - negative of the amount of energy needed to separate a nucleus into individual nucleons.Boiling point - temperature at which a substance, under normal atmospheric pressure, changes from a liquid to a vapor state.Breeder reactor - nuclear reactor that converts nonfissionable nuclei to fissionable nuclei while producing energy.Bubble chamber - instrument containing superheated liquid in which the path of ionizing particles is made visible as trails of tiny bubbles.Buoyant force - upward force on an object immersed in fluid.

CCalorimeter - device that isolates objects to measure temperature changes do to heat flow.Candela - unit of luminous intensity.Capacitance - ratio of charge stored per increase in potential difference.Capacitor - electrical device used to store charge and energy in the electrical field.Capillary action - rise of liquid in narrow tube due to surface tension.Carnot efficiency - ideal efficiency of heat engine or refrigerator working between two constant temperatures.Centripetal force - force that causes centripetal acceleration.Chain reaction - nuclear reaction in which neutrons are produced that can cause further reactions.Charged - object that has an unbalance of positive and negative electrical charges.Charging by conduction - process of charging by touching neutral object to a charged object.Charging by induction - process of charging by bringing neutral object near charged object, then removing part of resulting separated charge.Chromatic aberration - variation in focal length of lens with wavelength of light.Circular motion - motion with constant radius of curvature caused by acceleration being perpendicular to velocity.Clock reading - time between event and a reference time, usually zero.Closed, isolated system - collection of objects such that neither matter nor energy can enter or leave the collection.Closed-pipe resonator - cylindrical tube with one end closed and a sound source at other end.Coefficient of friction - ratio of frictional force and the normal force between two forces.Coefficient of linear expansion - change in length divided by original length and by temperature change.Coefficient of volume expansion - change in volume divided by original volume and by temperature change.Coherent waves - waves in which all are in step; are in phase.Cohesive force - attractive force between similar substances.Complementary colour - two colours that, when added , produce white light. Two pigments, that when combined, produce black.Compound machine - machine consisting of two or more simple machines.Compton effect - interaction of photons, usually X rays, with electrons in matter resulting in increased wavelength of X rays and kinetic energy of electrons.Concave lens - lens thinner in center than edges; a diverging lens.Concave mirror - converging mirror, one with center of curvature on reflecting side of mirror.Conduction band - energies of charge carries in a solid such that the carries are free to move.Conductor - materials through which charged particles move readily; or heat flow readily.Conserved properties - property that is the same before and after an interaction.Consonance -two or more sounds that, when heard together, sound pleasant.Constant acceleration - acceleration that does not change in time.Constant velocity - velocity that does not change in time.Constructive interference - superposition of waves resulting in a combined wave with amplitude larger than the component waves.Convection - heat transfer by means of motion of fluid.Conventional current - motion of positive electrical current.Converging lens - lens that causes light rays to converge; usually a convex lens.Convex lens -lens that is thicker in the center than at edges.Convex mirror - diverging mirror. Center of curvature is on side opposite reflecting side of mirror.Cosine - the ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse.Coulomb - unit of electrical charge. Charge caused by flow of one ampere for one second.Crest of wave - high point of wave motion.Critical angle - minimum angle of incidence that produces total internal reflection.Crystal lattice - structure of solid consisting of regular arrangment of atoms.

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De Broglie wavelength - length of de Broglie wave of particle; Planck’s constant divided by momentum of particle.Decibel - unit of sound level.Dependent variable - variable that responds to change in manipulated variable.Derived units -unit of quantity that consists of combination of fundamental units.Destructive interference - superposition of waves resulting in a combined wave with zero amplitude.Diffraction - bending of waves around object in their path.Diffraction grating - material containing many parallel lines very closely spaced that produces a light spectrum by interference.Diffuse reflection -reflection of light into many directions by rough object.Dimensional analysis - checking a derived equation by making sure dimensions are the same on both sides.Diode - electrical device permitting only one way current flow.Dispersion of light - variation with wavelength of speed of light through matter resulting in separation of light into spectrum.Displacement - change in position. A vector quantity.Dissonance - two or more sounds that, when together, sound unpleasant.Distance - separation between two points. A scalar quantity.Diverging lens - lens that causes light rays to spread apart or diverge; usually a concave lens.Dopants - small quantities of material added to semiconductor to increase electrical conduction.Doppler shift - change in wavelength due to relative motion of source and detector.Dynamics - study of motion of particles acted on by forces.

E

Effective current - DC current that would produce the same heating effects.Effective voltage - DC potential difference that would produce the same heating effects.Efficiency - ratio of output work to input work.Effort force - force extended on a machine.Elastic collision - interaction between two objects in which the total energy is the same before and after the interaction.Elasticity - ability of object to original shape after deforming forces are removed.Electrical charge pump - device, often a battery or generator, that increase potential of electrical charge.Electrical circuit - continuous path through which electrical charges can flow.Electrical current - flow of charged particles.Electrical field - property of space around a charged object that causes forces on other charged objects.Electric field lines - lines representing the direction of electric field.Electric field strength - ratio of force exerted by field on a tiny test charge to that change.Electric generator - device converting mechanical energy into electrical energy.Electric potential - ratio of electric potential energy to charge.Electric potential difference - difference in electric potential between two points.Electric potential energy - energy of a charged body in an electrical field.Electromagnet - device that uses an electric current to produce a concentrated magnetic field.Electromagnetic force - one of fundamental forces due to electric charges, both static and moving.Electromagnetic induction - production of electric field or current due to change in magnetic flux.Electromagnetic radiation - energy carried by electromagnetic waves throughout space.Electromagnetic waves - wave consisting of oscillating electric and magnetic fields that move at speed of light through space.Electromotive force - potential difference produced by electromagnetic induction.Electron - subatomic particle of small mass and negative charge found in every atom.Electron cloud - region of high probability of finding an electron around an atom.Electron diffraction - effects on electrons due to wave-like interference of electrons with matter.Electron gas model - description of current flow through conductors.Electroscope - device to detect electric charges.Electrostatics - study of properties and results of electric charges at rest.Electroweak force - unification of electromagnetic and weak forces.Elementary charge - magnitude of the charge of an electron. 1.602 *10^ -19Emission spectrum - spectrum produced by radiation from excited atoms.Energy - non-material property capable of causing changes in matter.Energy levels - amounts of energy an electron in an atom may have.Entropy - measure of disorder in a system; ratio of heat added to temperature.Equilibrant force - force needed to bring an object into transitional equilibrium.Equilibrium - condition in which net force is equal to zero. Condition in which net torque on object is zero.Equivalent resistance - single resistance that could replace several resistors.Evaporation - change from liquid to vapor state.Excited state - energy level of atom higher than ground state.External forces - forces exerted from outside a system.Extrinsic semiconductor - semiconductor in which conduction is primarily the result of added impurities.

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Factor-label method - dimensional analysis.Farad - unit of capacitance. One coulomb per volt.Ferromagnetic materials - materials in which large internal magnetic fields are generated by cooperative action of electrons.First harmonic - in music, the fundamental frequency.First law of thermodynamics - change in internal or thermal energy is equal to heat added and work done on system. Same as law of conservation of energy.Fluid - material that flows, i.e. liquids, gases, and plasmas.Focal length - distance from the focal point to the center of a lens or vertex of a mirror.Focal point - location at which rays parallel to the optical axis of an ideal mirror or lens converge to a point.Forbidden gap - energy values that electrons in a semiconductor or insulator may not have.Force - agent that results in accelerating or deforming an object.Frame of reference -coordinate system used to define motion.Fraunhofer lines - absorption lines in the sun’s spectrum due to gases in the solar atmosphere.Frequency - number of occurrences per unit time.Friction - force opposing relative motion of two objects are in contact.Fundamental particles - those particles( i.e. quarks and leptons) of which all materials are composed.Fundamental tone - lowest frequency sound produced by a musical instrument.Fundamental units - set of units on which a measurement system is based( i.e. meter, second, kilogram, ampere, candela).Fuse - metal safety device in an electric circuit that melts to stop current flow when current is too large.Fusion - combination of two nuclei into one with release of energy.---------------G -Galvanometer - device used to measure very small currents.Gamma decay - process by which a nucleus emits a gamma ray.Gamma particle - high energy photon emitted by a radioactive nucleus.Gas - state of matter that expands to fill container.Geiger-Mueller tube - device used to detect radiation using its ability to ionize matter.General theory of relativity - explanation of gravity and accelerated motion invented by Einstein.Gluon - carrier of strong nuclear force.Grand unified theories - theories being developed that unify the stronger and electroweak forces into one force.Gravitational field - distortion of space due to the presence of mass.Gravitational force - attraction between two objects due to their mass.Gravitational mass - ratio of gravitational force to object’s acceleration.Gravitational potential energy - change of energy of object when moved in a gravitational field.Graviton - particle that carries the gravitational force. Not yet observed.Ground state - lowest energy level of an electron in an atom.Grounding - process of connecting a charged object to Earth to remove object’s unbalanced charge.---------------H -Half-life - length of time for half of a sample of radioactive material to decay.Harmonics - frequencies produced by musical instrument that are multiples of fundamental tone.Heat - quantity of energy transferred from one object to another because of a difference in temperature.Heat engine - device that converts thermal energy to mechanical energy.Heat of fusion - quantity of energy needed to change a unit mass of a substance from solid to liquid state at the melting point.Heat of vaporization - quantity of energy needed to change a unit mass of a substance from liquid to gaseous state at the boiling point.Heavy water - deuterium oxide used mainly in CANDU nuclear reactors.Heisenberg uncertainty principle - the more accurately one determines the position of a particle, the less accurately the momentum can be known, and vice versa.Hertz - unit of frequency equal to one event or cycle per second.Hole - absence of an electron in a semiconductor.Hooke’s law - deformation of an object is proportional to force causing it.Huygens’ wavelets - model of spreading of waves in which each point on wavefront is source of circular or spherical waves.Hydraulic system - machines using fluids to transmit energy.Hyperbola - mathematical curve that describes an inverse relationship between two variables.Hypotenuse - side opposite the right angle in a triangle.--------------I -Ideal mechanical advantage - in simple machine, the ratio of effort distance to resistance distance.Illuminance - rate at which electromagnetic wave energy falls on a surface.Illuminated object - object on which light falls.Image - reproduction of object formed with lenses or mirrors.Impulse - product of force and time interval over which it acts.Impulse-momentum theorem - impulse given to an object is equal to its change in momentum.Incandescent body - object that emits light because of its high temperature.Incident wave - wave that strikes a boundary where it is either reflected or refracted.Incoherent light - light consisting of waves that are not in step.Independent variable - variable that is manipulated or changed in an experiment.Index of refraction - ratio of the speed of light in vacuum to its speed in a material.Inelastic collision - collision in which some of the kinetic energy is changed into another form.Inertia - tendency of object not to change its motion.Inertial mass - ratio of net force exerted on object to its acceleration.Initial velocity - velocity of object at time t=0.Instantaneous acceleration - acceleration at a specific time; slope of tangent to velocity- time graph.Instantaneous position - position of an object at specific time.Instantaneous velocity - slope of the tangent to position- time graph.Insulator - material through which the flow of electrical charge carriers or heat is greatly reduced.Interference fringes - pattern of dark and light bands from interference of light waves.Interference of waves - displacements of two or more waves, producing either large or smaller waves.Internal forces - forces between objects within a system.Intrinsic semiconductor - semiconductor in which conduction is by charges due to host material, not impurities.Inverse relationship - mathematical relationship between two variables, x and y, summarized by the equation xy=k, where k is a constant.Ionizing radiation - particles or waves that can remove electrons from atoms, molecules, or atoms in a solid.Isolated system - a collection of objects not acted upon by external forces into which energy neither enters nor leaves.Isotope - atomic nuclei having same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons.--------------J -Joule - SI unit of energy equal to one Newton-meter.Joule heating - increase in temperature of electrical conductor due to conversion of electrical to thermal energy.---------------K -Kelvin temperature scale - scale with 0 K= absolute zero and 273.16 K = triple point of water.Kepler’s laws - three laws of motion of bodies attracted together by the gravitational force.Kilogram - SI unit of mass.Kilowatt hour - amount of energy equal to 3.6 * 10^ 6 J. Usually used in electrical measurement.Kinematics - study of motion of objects without regard to the causes of this motion.Kinetic energy - energy of object due to its motion.Kinetic-molecular energy - description of matter as being made up of extremely small particles in constant motion.---------------L -Laser -devise that produces coherent light by stimulated emission of radiation.Laser- induced fusion - proposed method of creating nuclear fusion by using heating caused by intense laser beams to squeeze matter together.Law of conservation of energy - in a closed, isolated system, the total momentum is constant.Law of reflection - angle of incidence of a wave is equal to the angle of reflection.Law of universal gravitation - gravitational force between two objects depends directly on the product of their masses and inversely on the square of their separation.Lens - optical device designed to converge or diverge light.Lens equation - See mirror equation.Lenz’s law - magnetic field generated by an induced current opposes the change in field that caused the current.Lepton - particle that interacts with other particles only by the electroweak and gravitational interactions.Lever arm - component of the displacement of the force from the axis of rotation in the axis of rotation in the direction perpendicular to the force.Light - electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths between 400 and 700 nm that is visible.Linear accelerator - device to accelerate subatomic particles by applying successive electric field.Linear relationship - relationship between two variables, x and y, summarized by the equation y= ax + b, where a and b are constant.Linear restoring force - force in direction toward equilibrium position that depends linearly on distance from distance from that position.Liquid - materials that have fixed volume but whose shape depends on the container.Lodestone - naturally occurring magnetic rock.Longitudinal waves - wave in which direction of disturbance is the same as the direction of travel of wave.Loudness - physiological measure of amplitude of a sound wave; heard on pitch and tone colour as well as amplitude.Lumen - unit of luminous flux.Luminance intensity - measure of light emitted by source in candelas; luminous flux divided by 4pie.Luminous flux - flow of light from source measured in lumens.Luminous object - object that emits light, as opposed to one that reflects light.Lux - unit of luminous flux; one lumen per square meter.----------------M -Machine - device that changes force needed to do work.Magnetic field - space around a magnet throughout which magnetic force exists.Magnification - ratio of size of an optical image to the size of the object.Manipulated variable - variable that the experimenter can change.Mass defect - mass equivalent of the binding energy; m=E/c^ 2Mass number - number of nucleons ( protons plus neutrons) in the nucleus of an atom.Mass spectrometer - device used to measure the mass of atoms or molecules.Matter wave - wave-like properties of particles such as electrons.Mechanical advantage - ratio of resistance force to effort force in a machine.Mechanical energy - sum of potential and kinetic energy.Mechanical resonance - condition at which natural oscillation frequency equals frequency of driving force; amplitude of oscillatory motion at a maximum.Mechanical wave - wave consisting of periodic motion of matter; e.g. sound wave or water wave as opposed to electromagnetic wave.Melting point - temperature at which substance changes from solid to liquid state.Meson - medium mass subatomic particle consisting of combination of a quark and antiquark.Meter - SI unit of length.Mirror equation - 1/do +1/di=1/f, where do is object distance, di is image distance, f is focal length.Moderator - material used to decrease speed of neutrons in nuclear reactor.Momentum - product of object’s mass and velocity.Monochromatic light - light of a single wavelength.Mutual inductance - measures the amount of overlap between the magnetic flux produced in one coil and that which passes through a second coil, thus the amount of EMP induced in a secondary coil by the varying flux in the primary coil.Myopia - defect of eye, commonly called nearsightedness, in which distant objects focus in front of the retina.---------------N -n-type semiconductor - semiconductor in which current is carried by electrons.Net force - vector sum of forces on object.Neutral - object that has no net electric charge.Neutrino - chargeless, massless, subatomic particle emitted with beta particles; type of lepton.Neutron - subatomic particle with no charge and mass slightly greater than that of proton; type of nucleon.Newton - SI unit of force.Newton’s law of motion - laws relating force and acceleration.Node - point where disturbances caused by two or more waves result in no displacement.Normal - perpendicular to plane of interest.Normal force - force perpendicular to surface.Nuclear equation - equation representing a nuclear reaction.Nuclear fission - reaction in which large nucleus splits into two parts, often approximately equal in mass.Nuclear fusion - reaction in which two nuclei are combined into one.Nuclear reaction - reaction involving the strong force in which the number of protons or neutrons in a nucleus changes.Nuclear reactor - device in which nuclear fusion is used to generate electricity.Nuclear transmutation - change of one nucleus into another as the result of a nuclear reaction.Nucleon - either a proton or a neutron.Nuclide - nucleus of an isotope.---------------O -Object - source of diverging light rays; either luminous or illuminated.Octave - interval between two frequencies with a ratio of two to one.Ohm - SI unit of resistance; one volt per ampere.Ohm’s law - resistance of object is constant, independent of voltage across it.Opaque - material that does not transmit light.Open- pipe resonator - cylindrical tube with both ends closed and a sound source at one end.---------------P -p-type semiconductor - semiconductor in which conduction is the result of motion of holes.Pair production - formation of particle and antiparticle from gamma rays.Parabolic mirror - mirror the shape of a paraboloid of revolution that has no spherical aberration.Parallel circuit - circuit in which there are two or more paths for current flow.Parallel connection - connection of two or more electrical devices between two points to provide more than one current path.Pascal - SI unit of pressure; one neutron per square meter.Pascal’s principle - pressure applied to a fluid is transmitted undiminished throughout it.Period - time needed to repeat one complete cycle of motion.Periodic motion - motion that repeats itself at regular intervals of time.Photoelectric effect - election of electrons from surface of metal exposed to electromagnetic radiation.Photon - quantum of electromagnetic waves; particle aspect of these waves.Photovoltaic cell - device that converts electromagnetic radiation into electrical energy.Physics - study of matter and energy and their relationship.Piezoelectricity - electric potential produced by deforming material.Pigment - coloured material that absorbs certain colours and transmits or reflects others.Pitch - perceived sound characteristics equivalent to frequency.Planck’s constant - ratio of energy of photon to its frequency.Plane mirror - flat, smooth surface that reflects light regularly.Plasma - state of matter in which atoms are separated into electrons and positive ions or bare nuclei.Point object - object idealized as so small to be located at only one position.Polarized light - light in which electric fields are all in same plane.Position - separation between object and a reference point.Position- time graph - graph of object’s motion that shows how its position depends on clock reading, or time.Positron - antiparticle equivalent of electron.Potential difference - difference in electric potential between two points.Potential energy - energy of object due to its position or state.Potentiometer - electrical device with variable resistance; rheostat.Power - rate of doing work; rate of energy conversion.Precision - degree of exactness in a measurement.Pressure - force per unit area.Primary coil - transformer coil that, when connected to voltage source, creates varying magnetic flux.Primary light colours - red, green, or blue light.Primary pigment - yellow, green, or magenta light.Principal axis - line connecting center of curvature of spherical mirror with its geometric vertex. Line perpendicular to plane of lens passing through its center.Principle of superposition - displacement due to two or more forces is equal to vector sum of forces.Projectiles - motion of objects given initial velocity that then move only under force of gravity.Proton - subatomic particle with positive charge that is nucleus of hydrogen atom.---------------Q -quantized - a quantity that cannot be divided into smaller increments forever, for which there exists a minimum, quantum increment.Quantum mechanic - study of properties of matter using its wave properties.Quantum model of atom - atomic model in which only probability of locating electron is known.Quantum number - integer ratio of energy to its quantum increment.Quark - basic building block of protons, neutrons, other baryons, and mesons.Quark model - model in which all particles that interact via the strong interaction are composed of two or three quarks.---------------R -Radiation - electromagnetic waves that carry energy.Radioactive decay - spontaneous change of unstable nuclei into other nuclei.Radioactive materials - materials that undergo radioactive decay.Range of projectile - horizontal distance between launch point of projectile and where it returns to launch height.Ray model of light - light may be represented by straight line along direction of motion.Ray optics - study of light using ray model.Rayleigh criterion - two optical images are separable if central bright spot of one image falls on first dark band of second.Real image - optical image at which rays from object converge.Receiver - device that detects electromagnetic waves.Reference level - location at which potential energy is chosen to be zero.Reference point - zero location in a coordinate system or frame of reference.Refraction - change in direction of light ray when passing one medium to another.Refractive index - ratio of speed of light in vacuum to that in the medium.Resistance - ratio of potential difference across device to current through it.Resistance force - force exerted by a machine.Resistor - device designed to have a specific resistance.Responding variable - variable that changes as result of change in manipulated variable.Rest energy - energy due to mass of object; E= mc^ 2.Resultant - vector sum of two or more vectors.Right -hand rules - used to find force on current or moving particle in magnetic field; used to find direction of magnetic field caused by current or of induced EMF.Rutherford’s model of atom - nuclear model of atom; essentially all mass in compact, positively- charged object at center, surrounded by electrons.---------------S -Scalar - quantity, like distance, that has only a magnitude, or size.Schematic diagram - representation of electric circuit using symbols.Scientific notation - numbers expressed in form M * 10 ^ n , where 1< M < 10, and n is an integer.Scintillation - flash of light emitted when substance is struck by radiation.Second - SI unit of time.Second law of thermodynamics - heat flow only from region of high temperature o region of lower temperature.Secondary coil - transformer coil in which varying EMF is induced.Secondary light colours - yellow, cyan, or magenta light.Secondary pigment - red, green, or blue pigment.Self- inductance - induced EMF produced in coil by changing current.Semiconductor - material in which electrical conduction is smaller than that in a conductor, but more than in insulator.Series circuit - circuit in which electrical current flows through each component, one after another.Series connection - arrangement of electrical devices so that there is only one path through which current can flow.Short circuit - low resistance connection between two points, often accidental.SI - internationally agreed -upon method of using the metric system of measurement.Significant digit - reliable digits reported in a measurement.Simple harmonic motion - motion caused by linear restoring that has a period independent of amplitude of motion.Simple machine - machine consisting of only one lever, inclined plane, wedge, screw, pulley, or wheel and axle.Sine - the ratio of the opposite side and the hypotenuse.Sliding friction - force between two surfaces in relative motion.Slope - ratio of the vertical separation, or rise to the horizontal separation, or run.Solid - state of matter with fixed volume and shape.Sound level - quantity measuring logarithm of sound intensity in decibels.Spark chamber - device used to detect path of charged subatomic particles by a spark that jumps along path of ionization created in a gas.Specific heat - thermal energy needs to change temperature of unit mass of substance one Kelvin.Spectroscope - device used to study spectrum of material.Spectrum - collection of wavelengths in electromagnetic spectrum.Speed - ratio of distance traveled to time interval.Speed of light - in vacuum, 2.9979458 * 10^8 m/s.Spherical aberration - inability of spherical mirror to focus all parallel rays to a single point.Standing wave - wave with stationary nodes.Static friction - force that opposes start of motion between two surfaces.Step- down transformer - transformer with output voltage smaller than input voltage.Step- up transformer - transformer with output voltage larger than input voltage.Stimulated emission - emission of photon from excited atom caused by impact fo photon of same energy.Strong nuclear force - force of very short range that holds neutrons and protons in nucleus together.Superconductor - electrical conductor that has no resistance and low temperatures.Surface wave - wave on surface of liquid with characteristics of both longitudinal and transverse waves.Symmetry - property that is now charged when operation or reference frame is charged.Synchrotron - device to accelerate particles in which particles move in circular path.System - defined collection of objects.---------------T -tangent - the ratio of the opposite side and the adjacent side.Temperature - measure of hotness of object on a quantitative scale. In gases, proportional to average kinetic energy of molecules.Terminal velocity - velocity of falling object reached when force of air resistance equals weight.Test charge - charge used, in principle, to measure electric field.Thermal energy - internal energy. Sum of kinetic and potential energy of random motion of particles making up object.Thermal equilibrium - state between two or more bodies where temperatures do not change.Thermal expansion - increase of length or volume of object due to change in temperature.Thermometer - device used to measure temperature.Thermonuclear reaction - nuclear fusion.Thin- film interference - light interference caused by reflection from both front and rear surface of thin layer of liquid or solid.Timbre - sound quality or tone colour; spectrum of sound frequencies that produce a complete wave.Time interval - difference in time between two clock readings.Tokamak - type of fusion reactor.Tone colour - timbre or tone quality.Torque - product of force and the lever arm.Trajectory - the path followed by projectile.Transformer - device to transform energy from one electrical circuit to another by means of mutual inductance between two coils.Transistor - semiconductor device that controls large current by means of small voltage changes.Translucent - material transmitting light without but distorting its path.Transmutation - nuclear change from one element to another.Transparent - material transmitting light without distorting directions of waves.Transverse waves - wave in which disturbance is perpendicular to direction of travel of wave.Traveling wave - moving, periodic disturbance in a medium or field.Trigonometry - branch of math that deals with the relationship among angles and sides of triangles.Trough of wave - low point of wave motion, where displacement is most negative.---------------U -Uniform acceleration - constant acceleration.Uniform circular motion - motion in a circle of constant radius with constant speed.---------------V -Valence band - in a solid, the range of energies of electrons that are bound to atoms.Vector quantity - quantity having both magnitude (size) and direction.Vector resolution - process of finding the effective value of a component in a given direction.Velocity - ratio of change in position to time interval over which change takes place.Velocity- time graph - plot of velocity of object as a function of time.Virtual image - point from which light rays appear to diverge without actually doing so.Viscous fluid - fluid that creates force that opposes motion of objects through it. The force is proportional to object’s speed.Volatile liquid - liquid that is easily vaporized.----------------W -Watt - unit of power, one joule per second.Wavelength - distance between corresponding points on two successive waves.Wave pulse - single disturbance moving through a medium or field.Weak boson - particle that carries or transmits the weak interaction of force.Weak interaction - force involved in beta decay of the neutron and atomic nuclei; one aspect of the electroweak force.Weight - force of gravity of an object.Weightlessness - object in freefall, on which only the gravitational force acts.Wilson cloud chamber - chamber containing supersaturated vapor through which ionizing radiation leaves trails of visible droplets.Work - product of force and displacement in the direction of the force.Work function - energy needed to remove an electron from metal.Work energy theorem - work done on object is equal to the change in its kinetic energy.---------------X -X ray - high- energy photons; high- frequency, short-wavelength electromagnetic waves.X-ray diffraction - A complicated technique using x-rays to "create an image" where no lense to focus the light rays is available.X-ray images - Images such as photographs or computer enhanced images produced by bombarding a target with x-rays.---------------Y -Young's modulus - A constant of proportionality associated with the change in length of a material according to its elastic properties.---------------Z -Zero-point energy - The lowest energy state of molecular vibration

Animals1.This animal is grey or brown in the summer and white in the winter. Answer Hare - Correct, Reindeer - Incorrect, Fox - Incorrect, -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.This animal is very big and brown. It has a short tail and it weighs 300 kilograms. Answer Hare - Incorrect, Bear - Correct, Fox - Incorrect, -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.This animal is yellow or brown with dark spots. It climbs trees. Answer Hare - Incorrect, Bear - Incorrect, Lynx - Correct, -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.This animal is red-brown in the summer and grey-brown in the winter. It eats mushrooms. Answer Roe Deer - Correct, Bear - Incorrect, Fox - Incorrect, -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.This animal eats meat from other animals. It lives in a lair. It's similar to the dogs. Answer Bear - Incorrect, Fox - Incorrect, Wolf - Correct, -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.This animal has horns and a short tail. It's famous in Christmas because it helps Santa Claus. Answer Fox - Incorrect, Bear - Incorrect, Reindeer - Correct, -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.This animal eats berries, hares, birds, worms and beetles. Its fur is red. Answer Bear - Incorrect, Fox - Correct, Hare - Incorrect, 1.Plants need water, sunlight, and soil. The correct, Answer: is True -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.Animals do not need water, food, and shelter. The correct, Answer: is False -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.The place where an animal or a plant lives is called a habitat. The correct, Answer: is True -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.Some animals eat both plants and animals. The correct, Answer: is True -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.A food chain is a piece of jewelry. The correct, Answer: is False -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.Some animals eat only plants. The correct, Answer: is True -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.All animals can live in the same habitat. The correct, Answer: is False -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.Water is a habitat for some animals. The correct, Answer: is True -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9.A whale's habitat is the desert. The correct, Answer: is False -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10.A shelter protects animals from storms. The correct, Answer: is True -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.A plant eater only eats meat. The correct, Answer: is False -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12.A plant eater eats plants. The correct, Answer: is True -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13.An animal that hunts and eats animals is called a predator. The correct, Answer: is True -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14.Animals eaten by predators are called prey. The correct, Answer: is True -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15.A grasshopper eats a plant. A bird eats the grasshopper. A cat eats the bird. This is a food chain. The correct, Answer: is True -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16.Deserts are hot and dry. The correct, Answer: is True -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17.Rainforests do not get any rain. The correct, Answer: is False -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18.A polar habitat is very cold and icy much of the time. The correct, Answer: is True -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19.Adapted means an animal fits into its habitat. The correct, Answer: is True -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20.Blubber is layers of fat that keep whales warm. The correct, Answer: is True 1.Penguins are birds that cannot fly. The correct, Answer: is True -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.Penguins raise their chicks in rookeries. The correct, Answer: is True -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.Polar bears are enemies to penguins. The correct, Answer: is False -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.Penguins live north of the equator. The correct, Answer: is False -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.The largest penguin is the King Penguin. The correct, Answer: is False -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.The Little Blue Penguin is also called the Fairy Penguin. The correct, Answer: is True -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.Antarctica is a very warm continent. The correct, Answer: is False -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.Penguins have feathers that are waterproof. The correct, Answer: is True -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9.The fat on a penguin's body keeps it warm. The correct, Answer: is True -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10.A baby penguin is called a pup. The correct, Answer: is False -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.Baby penguins have many feathers. The correct, Answer: is False -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12.When baby penguins are born, they are black and white. The correct, Answer: is False -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13.When chicks lose their fur, it is called molting. The correct, Answer: is True -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14.The largest penguin is the Emperor Penguin. The correct, Answer: is True -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15.Skua birds are not enemies to penguins. The correct, Answer: is False -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16.Antarctica is a state. The correct, Answer: is False -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17.Antarctica is a continent. The correct, Answer: is True -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18.Some penguins live near the equator. The correct, Answer: is True -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19.Many people live in Antarctica. The correct, Answer: is False -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20.Penguins are known for how slow they swim. The correct, Answer: is False 1.Bears hibernate in the winter. The correct, Answer: is True -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.Penguins live at the North Pole. The correct, Answer: is False -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.Krill are little creatures that penguins eat. The correct, Answer: is True -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.Male deer are called bucks. The correct, Answer: is True -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.A gray squirrel will eat nuts and seeds. The correct, Answer: is True -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.Snowy owls live only in the snow. The correct, Answer: is False -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.Harp seal pups are white and are very adorable looking. The correct, Answer: is True -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.Penguins need to live in warm water. The correct, Answer: is False -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9.Grizzly bears can be friendly. The correct, Answer: is False -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10.Penguins live in rookeries. The correct, Answer: is True -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.Bears walk like penguins. The correct, Answer: is False -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12.Seals have beautiful coats and are hunted for them. The correct, Answer: is True -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13.Penguins are birds that cannot fly. The correct, Answer: is True -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14.The Arctic Fox is a good hunter and is not a good pet. The correct, Answer: is True -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15.Deer eat animals and will even hunt a bear. The correct, Answer: is False

. What kind of an animal is an aardvark? An aunt-eater A South American wild pig A creature that eats termites A small horse with a long tail It's a mythical creature famous for being the first animal entry in the dictionary Correct - A creature that eats termitesAn aardvark is an termite-eater which lives in Africa. It has strong claws with which it rips open termite nests and a very long sticky tongue which it uses to slurp the termites up out of their tunnels. Yum! Its name means 'earth pig' in Dutch Afrikaans.2. Some penguins live near the equator Yes they do! No, of course they don't. They live in the Antarctic, silly Correct - Yes they do!Some penguins live in the seas around the Galapagos Islands in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Most live in colder places. The islands are part of Ecuador, the country through which the equator runs.3. Why do African elephants have big ears? If they flap them, they can fly Because they are nosy and like to listen in to what people are saying Don't be rude about elephants' ears. They aren't so big as all that They're big because they use them to help keep cool To help them when they swim across rivers Correct - They're big because they use them to help keep cool Elephants get very hot in the sun. Their ears are huge and thin, like sails, and they are full of tiny blood vessels. This means they can get rid of heat when they are too hot by using their ears to cool their blood. Because their ears are so big, they can dump heat by radiating it away into the air.4. Why are snakes slimy? They're not To help them slither along They can't help it They live in slimy horrible places Correct - They're not If you think snakes are slimy - and lots of people do - you've obviously never touched one. They are smooth, dry and cool if you touch them. Better not to though because some are very poisonous and can kill you!5. What is the largest flying bird alive today? Tammy the Turkey Bald eagle Condor Penguin Albatross Correct - AlbatrossAlbatrosses are huge with wingspans up to 4 metres (12 feet). They spend most of their time gliding just above the ocean waves and only come to land to breed. There are lots in South Georgia where I was hatched. These beautiful gentle birds are in danger because of long-line fishing, and many are killed every year6. What is the biggest animal which has ever lived? Tammy the Turkey Megalocephalosaurus Some old dinosaur, I guess Giant squid Blue whale Correct - Blue whale Blue whales are the biggest animals which have ever lived on the planet. They're bigger than any dinosaurs ever got. They were hunted by people until recently and are in serious danger of becoming extinct because of this. The largest blue whale ever measured was 33 metres (110 feet) long and weighed around 150 tons. Giant squids can reach over 20 metres but are rarely seen by people. 7. What is the smallest living bird? Tammy the Turkey Robin Wren Hummingbird Swallow Correct - Hummingbird There are lots of types of Hummingbirds. Some are so small that they're almost the same size as a bumble bee. They live off nectar which they sip out of flowers by means of a long, tube-like beak and an even longer tongue. They hover while they sip and can even fly backwards.8. How long has there been life on Earth? 4000 years 400,000 years nearly 4,000,000,000 years 4 million years 50 billion years Correct - nearly 4,000,000,000 years Almost the oldest rocks on the planet - nearly 4 billion years old! - show signs of very simple life.9. Do polar bears eat penguins? Yes No Correct - NoThey would if they could, I'm sure (ugh!). But we penguins don't live anywhere where there are polar bears. That's why you'll never find a penguin in the Arctic and why penguins and polar bears never meet.10. Whales and dolphins are rather large fish Yes they are No they're not Correct - No they're not Whales and dolphins are not fish. They are mammals like people and polar bears. They have warm blood, give birth to live babies (they don't lay eggs like most fish) and suckle their young underwater. They also breathe air and so they can drown if they get stuck in fishing nets as sadly often happens to dolphins.11. What do ostriches, rheas and emus have in common? More than one of these answers is correct. You need to get all of them right to score. They are birds They cannot fly They lay eggs They love swimming They all eat people (if they can) Correct They are birds They cannot fly They lay eggs These flightless birds are taller than most people and can run very fast. Like all birds, they lay eggs. They have long powerful legs and use them to defend themselves by kicking. Ostriches live in Africa, rheas in South America and emus in Australia.12. What do passenger pigeons, moas, great auks and dodos have in common? They're all good friends They all eat grass They are all very fond of humans They are all extinct They all have fur and four legs Correct -They are all extinctThey were all birds and have all been killed off by humans so that there are none left anywhere on the planet and never will be again.13. What is this animal? Be sure to spell it right when you type it in (one word, no capitals). Five points to you if you are correct! Correct - rhinocerosIt's a rhinoceros, a huge animal usually with horns. You find rhinos mostly in Africa. They eat grass and shrubs but are frightened of no-one because they're so big. They should be scared of humans though because humans kill them for their horns which are supposed to be useful in 'traditional' medicine. So some types of rhino are nearly extinct.14. Do real dragons exist? No Yes Correct - NoReal dragons are supposed to breathe fire and, no, they don't exist - except in fairy tales. But there are huge monitor lizards called Komodo dragons which live on Komodo Island in the Sunda Straits of Indonesia. They reach 3 metres (10 feet) in length and weigh around 135 kg (about 300 pounds). They can live for up to 100 years. They sometimes kill and eat each other and, occasionally, people.15. The bottom of the ocean is totally dark and very cold. Are there any animals that can survive there? No. Animals need light to survive Yes, lots Only a few old penguins Don't be daft! Don't you know how deep the oceans can be? No animals would want to be there. There's nothing to do! Correct - Yes, lots It's amazing but true that there are lots of strange animals in even the deepest parts of the oceans. Whole communities live around undersea hot-springs called 'black smokers', for example. They don't need light at all. Some of these animals even make their own light. This is called bioluminescence. Even in the deepest places where the pressure is huge, there are always some animals!16. Where do koala bears live and what do they eat? They live in Australia , They eat eucalyptus tree leaves Koala bears aren't really bears at all. They are marsupials, like many other Australian animals. They have adapted to eat only the tough leaves of certain types of eucalyptus trees which, because of fires and destruction for farming and building, are in short supply. So koalas, like their giant panda friends - which do live in China and do eat bamboo - are in trouble.17. Honeybees can dance No they can't! Are you crazy? Yes, they're very good dancers Correct - Yes, they're very good dancers Bees can and do dance. They do this as a way to show other honeybees in the hive where to go to find really good nectar and pollen which they use to make honey, feed young bee larvae and their queen bee who lays all the eggs. Their dance movements are like words are to people: a sort of language.18. My cousins, the emperor penguins, are amazing animals. Which of these facts are correct? There's more than one answer. father hatches the egg father stands in the bitter Antarctic winter for 3 months without eating when the chick hatches, father gives it its first meal although he hasn't eaten for 3 months mother spends winter at sea, feeding on fish mother arrives, full of fish, to take over from father just after the chick has hatched like all penguins, mother brings her chick food in a small bag I'm tricking you. Mother hatches the egg really mother brings back food for her chick in her stomach mother can always find her way back to the rookery, even though she doesn't have satellite navigation (GPS) and may have to walk many miles across featureless iceCorrect father hatches the egg father stands in the bitter Antarctic winter for 3 months without eating when the chick hatches, father gives it its first meal although he hasn't eaten for 3 months mother spends winter at sea, feeding on fish mother arrives, full of fish, to take over from father just after the chick has hatched mother brings back food for her chick in her stomach mother can always find her way back to the rookery, even though she doesn't have satellite navigation (GPS) and may have to walk many miles across featureless ice We king penguins have an easy time of it compared to our emperor cousins. All but two of the answers were correct. Surely you didn't think mother penguins brought their fish back in a bag? And yes, it is the father birds who do the egg hatching in the bitter cold. They have a special pouch above their feet where they keep the egg warm after mother has laid it. Then they huddle together with all the other dads, standing through the long polar night with its blizzards and temperatures down to 50 below zero or more. They even manage to regurgitate a meal for their hungry chicks after they've hatched. 'Regurgitate' means like what humans call 'throwing up' or 'being sick' but it's not because the penguins feel ill! It's just our way of carrying and storing food for our babies. Like I said, amazing, don't you think? 19. What does a bombardier beetle do if it is attacked? It sprays boiling hot fluid at its attacker The boiling fluid is made from poisons called quinones that mix explosively with hydrogen peroxide inside the insect. This evil-smelling mix then sprays out with a 'pop', a little like a bombard (an old-fashioned cannon) which is why the insect has this name. It's really a ground beetle which hunts for snails.20. People are the most important animals on the planet. More than one possible answer here! No, we're notYou people now number over 6 billion and you're crowding the rest of us animals (and plants) out or killing us off. .

1. Sometimes it is hot outside, sometimes it is cold. Sometimes it is dry and sometimes it is wet. Sometimes the air is still, and sometimes it is breezy. When we describe the conditions outside, what is it called? It starts with a "W." Answer: Weather!2. When water falls from clouds onto the Earth, what is it called? It starts with an "R." Answer: Rain.3. When it is very cold outside, fluffy, frozen water may fall from clouds in the sky. It starts with "S." What is it called? Answer: Snow.4. When it is extremely cold outside, the top layer of lakes and ponds will freeze over. What is the word for frozen water? It starts with "I." Answer: Ice.5. Sometimes, when it is cool outside, frozen, hard balls fall from clouds. What are these balls called? They start with "H" and are made out of frozen water. Answer: Hail!6. What warms up the surface of the Earth? It starts with an "S." Answer: Sun.7. What is the name of the device that is used to measure temperature? It starts with "T." Answer: Thermometer.8. What is it called when air moves across the Earth? It starts with "W." Answer: Wind!9. What is the name of the device that is sent high into the atmosphere to measure temperature, wind speed, air pressure, and other things? It starts with a "W." Answer: Weather balloon.10. What is the name of a simple device that lets us know which way the wind is blowing? It starts with "W." Answer: Weather vane.11. What is the name of a puffy thing that moves across the sky? It is made out of water that is in a gaseous state. It starts with "C." Answer: Cloud!12. Sometimes, if the Sun is shining while it rains, you can see a huge arc of colors across the sky. What is it called? It starts with an "R." Answer: Rainbow!13. Sometimes, when wind goes around in a circle, it goes faster and faster until it is a very destructive force. What is it called? It starts with "T." Answer: Tornado or Twister!14. What is another name for this type of rapidly-spinning air? It starts with "C." Answer: Cyclone!15. Another type of storm is very wet and very windy. It comes from above the tropical oceans and goes onto land, causing a lot of destruction. It starts with "H." What is it called? Answer: Hurricane!16. This type of storm is very noisy and has very bright flashes of light. What is this storm called? It starts with "T." Answer: Thunderstorm!17. These are bright flashes of light and electricity that come from the sky to the ground. They are very dangerous and can make a loud, scary sound. What are these bright flashes called? It starts with "L." Answer: Lightning!18. This type of storm is very windy and very dry. It carries bits of dust across the land. What is this storm called? It starts with "D." Answer: Dust Storm!19. Water is constantly recycled on Earth. Water falls from the clouds onto the Earth. It flows in rivers into the oceans. The water evaporates and turns into clouds, which will make rain again. What is this cycle called? It starts with "W." Answer: Water cycle.Find an insect that starts with "A." Answer: ant or assassin bug!Find a big reptile that starts with "A." Answer: alligator!Find the word for a very young person; it starts with "B." Answer: baby!Name a fruit that starts with "B." Answer: banana!Find a red bird that starts with "C." Answer: cardinal!Find a prickly plant that starts with "C." Answer: cactus!Name a very dry place that starts with "D." Answer: desert!Find a flower that starts with "D." Answer: daisy or dandelion!Name a number that starts with "E." Answer: eight!Find a huge animal with big ears that starts with "E." Answer: elephantName a worm that starts with "E." Answer: earthwormName the planet we live on; it starts with "E." Answer: Earth!Find a ball that starts with "F." Answer: football!Name a number that starts with "F." Answer: five or four!Find a place where you plant flowers. It starts with "G." Answer: garden! Name a long-necked animal that starts with "G." Answer: giraffe!Find a tool that starts with "H." Answer: hammer or hatchet!Name a part of your foot that starts with "H." Answer: heel! Name a type of house that starts with "I." Answer: igloo!Find a plant that starts with "I." Answer: iris or ivy!Name a planet that starts with "J." Answer: Jupiter!Name a piece of clothing that starts with "J." Answer: jacket!Find a boat that starts with "K." Answer: kayak!Name a room in your house that starts with "K." Answer: kitchen! Find a bug that starts with "L." Answer: ladybug!Find a part of a tree that starts with "L." Answer: leaf!Find a tree that starts with "M." Answer: maple!Name a place you can mail your letters that starts with "M." Answer: mailbox!Find a coin that starts with "N." Answer: nickel!Name something that you hammer into wood that starts with "N." Answer: nail!Name an animal with eight legs that starts with "O." Answer: octopus!Name a whale that starts with "O." Answer: orca! Find a bear that starts with "P." Answer: panda or polar bear!Find a fruit that starts with "P." Answer: peach, pear or plum!Name a royal person whose title starts with "Q." Answer: queen!Find a piece of jewelry you put on your finger that starts with "R." Answer: ring!Find a planet that starts with "S." Answer: Saturn!Find an animal that starts with the "SH" sound. Answer: shark, sheep, or shrewFind a piece of furniture that starts with "T." Answer: tableName something you clean your teeth with that starts with "T." Answer: toothbrush! Find something that keeps you dry in the rain and starts with a "U." Answer: umbrella!Find something that is like a bicycle but has only one wheel and starts with a "U." Answer: unicycle! Find a snake that starts with "V." Answer: viper!Find a bird that starts with "V." Answer: vulture!Find something you drink that starts with "W." Answer: water!Find a fruit that starts with "W." Answer: watermelon!Find a bird that starts with "X." Answer: xenops!Find a musical instrument that starts with "X." Answer: xylophone !Find a color that starts with "Y." Answer: yellow!Find a toy that goes up and down and starts with "Y." Answer: yo-yo! Find a flower that starts with "Z." Answer: zinnia !Find a place where there are a lot of animals. It starts with "Z." Answer: zoo!1. This African animal's name starts with an "A." It is a large mammal that eats ants using its long snout. What is its name? Answer: Aardvark2. This African animal starts with a "B." It is a striped antelope that lives in African forests. What is its name? Answer: Bongo3. This large African animal's name starts with a "C." It has a hump on its back and lives in dry areas, like deserts. What is it called? Answer: Camel4. This animal's name starts with a "C." It is a wild dog that lives in Africa. What is its name? Answer: Cape Hunting Dog5. This African animal's name starts with a "C." It is a wild cat and is the fastest land animal in the world. What is its name? Answer: Cheetah6. This African animal's name starts with a "C." It is a very intelligent mammal that has black fur. What is its name? Answer: Chimpanzee7. This African animal's name starts with an "E." It is a large mammal that has a long trunk and big ears. What is its name? Answer: Elephant8. This African animal's name starts with a "G." It is a fast-running mammal with long horns. What is its name? Answer: Gazelle9. This African animal's name starts with a "G." It is a mammal with a very long neck. It is the tallest land animal. What is its name? Answer: Giraffe10. This African animal's name starts with a "G." It is a large, intelligent mammal. It is an endangered species. What is its name? Answer: Gorilla11. This African animal's name starts with an "H." It is a large mammal that spends much of its time in shallow water. What is its name? Answer: Hippo or Hippopotamus12. This African animal's name starts with an "H." It is a dog-like mammal that scavenges meat. What is its name? Answer: Hyena13. This animal's name starts with an "L." It is a primate with a long, ringed tail and big eyes. What is its name? Answer: Lemur14. This African animal's name starts with an "L." It is a wild cat that has spotted fur. What is its name? Answer: Leopard15. This African animal's name starts with an "M." It is a small mammal that can stand upright. It is a type of mongoose. What is its name? Answer: Meerkat16. This African animal's name starts with an "O." It is a large, long-legged bird that cannot fly, but it can run very fast. What is its name? Answer: Ostrich17. This African animal's name starts with an "R." It is a huge mammal that has one or two horn-like spikes on its head. What is its name? Answer: Rhino or Rhinoceros18. This animal's name starts with a "W." It is a wild pig from Africa. What is its name? Answer: Warthog19. This African animal's name starts with a "W." It is a large mammal that is also called the gnu. What is its name? Answer: Wildebeest20. This African animal's name starts with a "Z." It is a horse-like animal with striped fur. What is its name? Answer: Zebra1. These mammals have young that are born very immature and usually live for months in the female's pouch. Many of these animals live in Australia. Their name starts with "M." What is this type of mammal called? Answer: Marsupial2. This big Australian bird starts with a "C." It cannot fly and has a helmet-like crest on its head. What is its name? Answer: Cassowary3. This Australian bird starts with a "C." It has a large, feathery crest and a hooked bill. What is its name? Answer: Cockatoo4. This animal's name starts with a "D." It is a wild dog that lives in Australia. What is its name? Answer: Dingo5. This Australian animal's name starts with a "D." It is a primitive mammal that lays eggs. What is its name? Answer: Duck-billed Platypus6. This Australian animal's name starts with an "E." It is a spiny mammal that lays eggs. What is its name? Answer: Echidna7. This Australian animal's name starts with an "E." It is a large bird that cannot fly. What is its name? Answer: Emu8. This Australian animal's name starts with an "F." It is a reptile that has a large frill of skin on its neck. What is its name? Answer: Frilled lizard9. This Australian animal's name starts with a "K." It is a mammal that hops. It raises its young in a pouch. What is its name? Answer: Kangaroo10. This animal's name starts with a "K." It is a small, flightless bird that lives in New Zealand, a country of islands near Australia. What is its name? Answer: Kiwi11. This Australian animal's name starts with a "K." It is a marsupial, a pouched mammal, and eats eucalyptus leaves. It looks like a bear but it is not really a bear. What is its name? Answer: Koala12. This Australian animal's name starts with a "K." It is a bird whose call sounds like laughing. What is its name? Answer: Kookaburra13. This Australian animal's name starts with an "N." It is a small wallaby, a hopping mammal from northern Australia. What is its name? Answer: Nabarlek14. This Australian animal's name starts with an "N." It is a pouchless marsupial that eats termites. What is its name? Answer: Numbat15. This Australian animal's name starts with a "Q." It is a small wallaby (a hopping mammal) that eats plants. What is its name? Answer: Quokka16. This Australian animal's name starts with a "Q." It is a small marsupial with spots on its fur and a long tail. What is its name? Answer: Quoll17. This Australian animal's name starts with an "S." It is a mammal that glides from tree to tree. What is its name? Answer: Sugar Glider18. This Australian animal's name starts with a "T." It is a meat-eating mammal that is most active at night. What is its name? Answer: Tasmanian Devil19. This Australian animal's name starts with a "W." It is a small to medium-sized kangaroo. What is it called? Answer: Wallaby20. This Australian animal's name starts with a "W." It is a large, burrowing marsupial that is most active at night. What is its name? Answer: WombatHere are the Baby Animals questions: 1. What is the name of a baby frog? Its name starts with a "T." This baby has a long tail and swims. It breathes underwater. Answer: Tadpole2. What is the name of a baby rabbit? It starts with a "B." Answer: Bunny3. What is the name of a baby kangaroo? It starts with a "J." This baby stays in its mother's pouch most of the time. Answer: Joey4. What is the name of a baby sheep? It starts with an "L." Answer: Lamb5. What is the name of a baby goat? It starts with a "K." Answer: Kid6. What is the name of a baby cat? It starts with a "K." Answer: Kitten7. What is the name of a baby cow? It starts with a "C." Answer: Calf8. What is the name of a baby butterfly? It starts with a "C." This baby has no wings and spends most of its time eating leaves. Answer: Caterpillar9. What is the name of a baby chicken? It starts with a "C." Answer: Chick10. What is the name of a baby duck? It starts with a "D." Answer: Duckling11. What is the name of a baby deer? It starts with an "F." Answer: Fawn12. What is the name of a baby horse? It starts with an "F." Answer: Foal13. What is the name of a baby goose? It starts with a "G." Answer: Gosling14. What is the name of a baby pig? It starts with a "P." Answer: Piglet15. What is the name of a baby dog? It starts with a "P." Answer: PuppyBayou Animals questions: A bayou is a type of wetland, a huge marsh near the lower Mississippi River. Many animals live in the water, on the water, over the water, or near the water.1. This big, meat-eating animal lives in the water. It has four short legs, a long tail, and long jaws with many sharp teeth. Its name starts with an "A." Answer: Alligator2. This small animal lives in the water. It has a hard exoskeleton (a thin shell) covering its entire body, 8 walking legs, two pincers and four antennae. Its name starts with a "C," and many people like to eat it. Answer: Crayfish3. This tiny animal flies above the water and bites animals so that it can drink their blood. It lays its eggs in the water. This animal's name starts with "M." What is it? Answer: Mosquito4. This animal lives on dry land and eats grass. It is a fast runner and has 4 long legs. It has brown fur, and its name starts with a "D." Answer: Deer5. This meat-eating animal lives in the water. It eats fish and other animals that it catches in its stong but toothless jaws. It has four short legs, a long tail, and a shell on its back. It starts with an "S." Answer: Snapping turtle6. This bird wades in shallow water and eats fish that it spears with its long bill. It starts with "H." What is it called? Answer: Heron7. This furry animal has markings on its face that look like a black mask. It also has a ringed tail. Its name starts with "R." What is it? Answer: Raccoon8. This animals is an amphibian. It lays its eggs in water, and the eggs hatch into tadpoles that swim and breathe underwater. The adult lives on land and breathes air. What is this animal called? Its name starts with an "F." Answer: Frog9. This little mammal has a long, hairless tail that can grab things. It also has a pouch that babies live in for months. It starts with "O." What is this animal called? Answer: Opossum10. This insect can make noise rubbing its long hind legs together. This little animal can hop. walk, and fly. It starts with a "G." Answer: Grasshopper11. This animal has ten legs and walks sideways. It has an exoskeleton (a thin, outer shell) and eyes on stalks on its head. What is this animal called? It starts with an "C." Answer: Crab12. This wildcat has a very short tail. It is a meat-eater that hunts mostly at night. What is its name? It starts with "B." Answer: BobcatHere are the Bear questions: 1. This bear's name starts with a "P." It is black and white and lives in China. What is its name? Answer: Panda2. This bear's name starts with a "P." It lives in the freezing Arctic. Although it looks white, it has clear-colored hair and black skin. What is its name? Answer: Polar Bear3. This bear's name starts with a "G." It has a hump on its shoulders and has brown to gray hair. What is it called? Answer: Grizzly Bear4. This bear's name starts with a "B." It is a big bear with a hump on its shoulders. What is its name? Answer: Brown BearThis is a good time to point out that the grizzly bear is a type of brown bear.5. This bear's name starts with a "B." Despite its name, it can have black or brown hair (and has no hump on its shoulder). What is its name? Answer: Black Bear6. This bear's name starts with an "S." It is the smallest bear and is from Asia. It is also called the honey bear. What is its name? Answer: Sun Bear7. This word starts with an "S." It is a South American bear that has markings around its eyes that look like glasses. What is its name? Answer: Spectacled Bear8. This word starts with a "C." It is a place made of rock where some bears make their den. What is this word? Answer: Cave9. This word starts with an "M." All bears belong to this group of animals. This type of animal has hair on its body, and the female feeds milk to its young. What is this type of animal? Answer: Mammal10. This word starts with a "T." It is the name of a toy bear that many children like to play with. What is its name? Answer: Teddy BearYou might want to mention that the Teddy bear was named for the US President Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt.Here are the bird questions: 1. This bird's name starts with a "C." It is a bright red bird with a crest on its head. What is it called? Answer: Cardinal2. This bird's name starts with a "C." This smart bird has black feathers. What is it called? Answer: Crow3. This bird's name starts with an "E." It is a large bird of prey. It has a hooked bill and sharp talons. What is it called? Answer: Eagle4. This bird's name starts with an "E." It is a large Australian bird that cannot fly. What is it called? Answer: Emu5. This bird's name starts with an "F." It is a fast-flying bird of prey. What is it called? Answer: Falcon6. This word starts with an "F." Birds have these things over most of their body. They help birds fly. What are they called? Answer: Feathers7. This bird's name starts with an "F." It is pink and has long legs and a long neck. What is it called? Answer: Flamingo8. This bird's name starts with an "H." It is a bird of prey and a very strong flier. What is it called? Answer: Hawk9. This bird's name starts with an "H." It is a wading bird that had long legs and a long, sharp bill that it uses to catch prey. What is it called? Answer: Heron10. This bird's name starts with an "H." It is a tiny bird that sips nectar from flowers. This bird can hover in the air and even fly backwards. What is it called? Answer: Hummingbird11. This bird's name starts with an "K." It is a bird from New Zealand that is the size of a chicken, has a long bill, and cannot fly. What is it called? Answer: Kiwi12. This bird's name starts with a "K." It lives in Australia and has a call that sounds like laughter. What is it called? Answer: Kookaburra13. This bird's name starts with an "O." It is the biggest bird alive today ,and it lives in Africa. It is the fastest running bird but it cannot fly. What is it called? Answer: Ostrich14. This bird's name starts with an "O." Most of these birds of prey hunt small mammals at night. What is this bird called? Answer: Owl15. This bird's name starts with a "P." It lives in warm climates, and many can mimic speech very well. What is this bird called? Answer: Parrot16. This bird's name starts with a "P." It is a fish-eater that lives near the water and has a huge, pouched bill. What is it called? Answer: Pelican17. This bird's name starts with a "P." This black-and-white bird cannot fly but swims very well. What is it called? Answer: Penguin18. This bird's name starts with a "P." It is a common bird that lives in cities around the world. What is it called? Answer: Pigeon19. This bird's name starts with an "R." This fast-running bird rarely flies. What is it called? Answer: Roadrunner20. This bird's name starts with an "R." It is a common bird with red feathers on its breast. What is it called? Answer: Robin21. This bird's name starts with an "R." It is very large, lives in South America, and cannot fly. What is it called? Answer: Rhea22. This bird's name starts with a "T." It has a large, colorful bill and lives in rainforests. What is it called? Answer: Toucan23. This bird's name starts with a "U." It has a large tuft of feathers on its head. What is it called? Answer: Umbrellabird24. This bird's name starts with a "V." It is a bare-headed bird that eats dead animals. What is it called? Answer: Vulture25. This bird's name starts with a "W." It pecks holes in trees. What is it called? Answer: WoodpeckerDinosaur questions:1. Name a meat-eating dinosaur that starts with "T." This giant dinosaur is sometimes called the "King of the Dinosaurs." Answer: T. rex or Tyrannosaurus rex2. Name another dinosaur that starts with "T." This dinosaur ate plants and had 3 horns on its head. Its name means "3-horned head." Answer: Triceratops3. Name a meat-eating dinosaur that had a big sail on its back. Its name starts with "A." Answer: Acrocanthosaurus4. Name another meat-eating dinosaur that starts with "A" and was related to T. rex. Answer: Albertosaurus or Allosaurus5. Name a plant-eating dinosaur that had armor on its body. It walked on four short legs and had a club on the end of its tail. Its name starts with "A." Answer: Ankylosaurus6. Name a plant-eating dinosaur that used to be called Brontosaurus. It had a long neck, a small head and a long tail. Its name starts with "A." Answer: Apatosaurus7. Name a long-necked plant-eating dinosaur that starts with a "B." It stood like a giraffe, with its head way up in the air. Unlike most dinosaurs, its front legs were longer than its hind legs. Answer: Brachiosaurus8. What is the name of the smallest known dinosaur? It was a meat-eater the size of a chicken. Its name starts with "C." Answer: Compsognathus9. Name a duck-billed, plant-eating dinosaur that had a large crest on its head. Its name starts with "C." Answer: Corythosaurus10. What is the name of a time period that starts with "C" during which many dinosaurs lived, including dinosaurs like T. rex and Triceratops? Answer: Cretaceous period11. Name a small, meat-eating dinosaur whose name starts with "D. " It had a huge, sickle-like claw on each foot which it used to get its prey. Answer: Deinonychus12. Name a huge dinosaur that starts with "G. " This meat-eater was even bigger than T. rex. Answer: Giganotosaurus13. Name a plant-eating dinosaur that starts with "I. " This dinosaur had big spikes on its thumbs. Answer: Iguanodon14. Name a geologic time period that starts with "J. " The biggest dinosaurs, like Brachiosaurus and Apatosaurus, lived during this time. Answer: Jurassic period15. Name a plant-eating dinosaur that starts with "M. " This dinosaur took care of its babies and lived in huge herds. Its name means "good mother lizard." Answer: Maiasaura16. Name a plant-eating dinosaur that starts with a "P." It had a very thick, dome-like skull and lived in herds. These dinosaurs may have had head-butting contests like modern-day rams do. Answer: Pachycephalosaurus17. Name a plant-eating dinosaur that starts with a "P." It was a duck-billed dinosaur that had a large crest on its head. This crest was probably used to help make loud noises. Answer: Parasaurolophus18. Name a plant-eating dinosaur that starts with a "P." It was a dinosaur with horns on its head and a huge frill on its neck. Its name means "5-horned head." Answer: Pentaceratops19. Name a swimming reptile from the time of the dinosaurs that starts with a "P." These meat-eating swimmers were related to the dinosaurs, but were not dinosaurs. Answer: Plesiosaur20. Name a dinosaur that starts with "V." This small, meat-eating dinosaur was a fast-moving predator. Its name means "speedy thief." Answer: VelociraptorHere are the Farm Animals questions: 1. We eat eggs that are laid by farm animals. What animal lays these eggs? Its name starts with "C." Answer: Chickens2. We drink milk that is produced by farm animals. Butter, ice cream and cheese are made from this milk. What is the name of the animal that produces this milk? Its name starts with "C." Answer: Cow3. Some farms have problems with rats and mice eating the food raised on the farm, so farmers keep a type of animal that eats the rats and mice. What is the name of this small animal? Its name starts with "C." Answer: Cat4. This big farm animal starts with an "H." This animal is very strong and can run very fast. It used to be used to pull plows that prepare the land for planting. What is this animal called? Answer: Horse5. What is the name of a female chicken? Its name starts with "H." Answer: Hen6. What is the name of a male chicken? Its name starts with "R." Answer: Rooster7. This small farm animal starts with an "R." It has very soft fur and long ears. It eats plants. What is it called? Answer: Rabbit8. This animal starts with an "S." It has thick, woolly fur that people use to make sweaters, socks, and blankets. What is this animal called? Answer: Sheep9. What is the name of a baby sheep? Its name starts with "L." Answer: Lamb10. This farm animal starts with a "P." It likes to roll around in mud. It has a flat snout and a litte, curly tail. What is it called? Answer: Pig11. This farm animal starts with a "D." It likes to float on the water. It makes a quacking sound. What is this animal called? Answer: Duck12. This animal starts with an "D." This animal is very good at herding sheep and is also used for hunting. What is it called? Answer: Dog13. What is the name of a baby dog? Its name starts with "P." Answer: Puppy14. This farm animal starts with an "G." It is a type of bird that honks. Answer: Goose15. This farm animal starts with a "G." It has long hair and eats almost anything. What is it called? Answer: Goat16. What is the name of a baby goat? Its name starts with "K." Answer: Kid17. This farm animal starts with an "T." It is a big bird that many people eat for Thanksgiving. Answer: Turkey18. This farm animal starts with an "L." It is a big mammal that is common on farms in South America. Answer: Llama19. This farm animal starts with an "Y." It is a big, strong mammal that is used to do work on farms in Asia. Answer: Yak20. This farm animal starts with an "R." It is a mammal with long antlers. It is raised on farms in Lapland. Answer: ReindeerHere are the fish questions: 1. This fish's name starts with an "A." It is a brightly-colored fish that lives in warm waters. What is it called? Answer: Angelfish2. This fish's name starts with a "C." It is a colorful, striped fish that lives near poisonous sea anemones. What is it called? Answer: Clown fish3. This fish's name starts with a "D." It is the most common shark in the seas. It is not dangerous to people. What is it called? Answer: Dogfish shark4. This fish's name starts with an "E." It is a long, thin fish that can generate electricity. What is it called? Answer: Electric Eel5. This word starts with an "F." Fish use these to swim. What are they called? Answer: Fins6. This fish's name starts with a "G." It is a large shark that eats meat. What is it called? Answer: Great White Shark7. This fish's name starts with an "H." It is a meat-eater that has a very unusual, wide head. What is it called? Answer: Hammerhead Shark8. This fish's name starts with a "P." It is a fierce, meat-eating fish that lives in the Amazon Rainforest. What is it called? Answer: Piranha9. This fish's name starts with an "R." It is a flat fish that is related to sharks. What is it called? Answer: Ray10. This fish's name starts with an "S." It has an unusual shape for a fish. What is it called? Answer: Seahorse11. This fish's name starts with an "S." It is a meat-eater that has no bones, only cartilage (which is softer than bone). What is it called? Answer: Shark12. This fish's name starts with a "T." It lives in lakes and streams and has a torpedo-shaped body. What is it called? Answer: Trout13. This fish's name starts with a "T." It is a large fish that lives in the ocean. It is eaten by people. What is it called? Answer: Tuna14. This fish's name starts with a "W." It is the biggest fish in the world and is a typs of shark. What is it called? Answer: Whale shark15. This fish's name starts with a "Z." It lives in warm waters and has black and black stripes. What is it called? Answer: ZebrafishHere are the Insect questions: 1. This insect's name starts with an "A." It is a very common social insect that lives in large groups. What is it called? Answer: Ant2. This insect's name starts with a "B." It is a flying, social insect that lives in hives. What is it called? Answer: Bee3. This insect's name starts with a "B." It is a flying insect that has large, delicate wings. What is it called? Answer: Butterfly4. This word starts with a "C." It is the very young stage of a butterfly or moth. It spends most of its time eating. What is it called? Answer: Caterpillar5. This insect's name starts with an "F." It is a flying insect that can produce light. It is beautiful to see at night, when it looks like a bright spot of light flying around. What is it called? Answer: Firefly6. This insect's name also starts with an "F." It is a very common, small flying insect. What is it called? Answer: Fly7. This insect's name starts with a "G." It can hop and make very loud noises by rubbing its legs together. What is it called? Answer: Grasshopper8. This word starts with an "H." It is the name of a bee's home. What is it called? Answer: Hive9. This insect's name starts with an "L." It is a small, cute, flying beetle with spots on its wing covers. What is it called? Answer: Ladybug (or ladybeetle)10. This insect's name starts with an "M." It is a common poisonous butterfly that often migrates long distances. What is it called? Answer: Monarch Butterfly11. This insect's name starts with an "M." It is a brilliant blue rainforest butterfly. What is it called? Answer: Morpho Butterfly12. This animal's name starts with an "M." It is a small, flying insect that bites animals (including people). What is it called? Answer: Mosquito13. This insect's name starts with an "M." It is a flying insect that is most active at night. It is closely related to butterflies. What is it called? Answer: Moth14. This insect's name starts with an "R." It is a very common pest that often lives in people's houses. What is it called? Answer: Roach15. This insect's name starts with a "Y." It is a type of stinging wasp that has yellow and black stripes. What is it called? Answer: Yellow JacketHere are the Mammal questions: 1. This common mammal starts with a "D." It has four legs, a tail, and fur on its body. Many people have this animal as a pet. What is its name? Answer: Dog2. This mammal starts with a "C." It has a hump on its back and is from the desert . What is its name? Answer: Camel3. This common mammal starts with a "C." It has four legs, a tail, and fur on its body. Many people have this animal as a pet. What is its name? Answer: Cat4. This mammal starts with a "C." It is the fastest running animal on Earth . What is its name? Answer: Cheetah5. This little mammal starts with a "G." It is a cute rodent with a long tail. What is its name? Answer: Gerbil6. This tall animal starts with a "G." It has a very long neck and lives in Africa. What is its name? Answer: Giraffe7. This huge animal has wrinkled gray skin, a long trunk, and big ears. Its name starts with "E." What is its name? Answer: Elephant8. This big mammal starts with an "H." It has long legs, a long head, and is a very fast runner. What is its name? Answer: Horse9. This common mammal starts with an "H." It walks on two legs, has five fingers on each hand, and five toes on each foot. It lives on land on much of the world. What is its name? Answer: Human being10. This mammal starts with a "W." It has two long tusks and flippers. It spends much of its time in the water. What is its name? Answer: Walrus11. This mammal starts with a "K." It hops, and the female has a pouch where the babies live. What is its name? Answer: Kangaroo12. This cuddly mammal starts with a "K." It lives in trees in Australia. What is its name? Answer: Koala13. This mammal starts with a "P." This Chinese bear is black and white. What is its name? Answer: Panda14. This mammal starts with a "P." It has spiny quills protecting its body. What is its name? Answer: Porcupine15. This big mammal starts with a "B." It has sharp teeth. Many of these animals hibernate in the winter. What is this animal's name? Answer: Bear16. This mammal starts with an "O." It is the only pouched masupial in North America. What is its name? Answer: Opossum17. This mammal starts with an "O." It is a playful animal and spends most of its time in the water. What is its name? Answer: Otter18. This mammal starts with an "R." It has mask-like markings on its face and a long, ringed tail. What is its name? Answer: Raccoon19. This mammal starts with a "B." It is the only mammal that flies. What is its name? Answer: Bat20. This fast-running mammal starts with a "Z." It has black and white stripes and lives in Africa. What is its name? Answer: ZebraHere are the Ocean Animals questions (this may be too many questions for one session): 1. An ocean is a large body of salt water. What is another word for ocean? This word starts with an "S." Answer: Sea2. This animal starts with an "S." What is the name of a mammal that lives in the ocean and on the beach? Like other mammals, they breathe air. They swim with flippers and eat fish. Answer: Seal or Sea lion3. This animal starts with an "S." It lives on the sea floor and moves very slowly using its long legs. It has a hard, spiny skin. What is it called? Answer: Sea Star or Starfish4. This ocean animal starts with an "S." It is a type of fish that doesn't have real bones - it has a softer kind of bone, called cartilage. Many people are scared of these fish. What are they called? Answer: Shark5. This animal starts with an "S." It swims in the seas and has 10 legs. When it is in danger, it can squirt out black ink to confuse its enemies. What is it called? Answer: Squid6. This animal starts with an "S." It is related to sharks, but has a very flat body. It can sting its enemies. What is it called? Answer: Stingray7. This animal starts with an "F." It is a very common type of animal that swims in the ocean. It breathes with gills, and some of them swim in "schools" (large groups). What is it called? Answer: Fish8. This animal starts with a "T." It is a common, fast-swimming fish that many people really like to eat. What is it called? Answer: Tuna9. This mammal starts with a "W." It lives in cold oceans and on the shore. It breathes air and has very long tusks (the large teeth in the front of its mouth). Answer: Walrus10. This animal starts with a "W." It is a huge mammal that swims in the oceans. It breathes air through blowholes. What is it called? Answer: Whale11. This animal starts with a "W." It is the biggest fish in the world. It is a type of shark that only eats tiny organisms that float in the sea. What is it called?Answer: Whale shark12. This animal starts with an "L." It is a hard-shelled animal that walks along the bottom of the sea. What is it called? Answer: Lobster13. This ocean animal starts with an "O." There are suction cups on each of the 8 legs of this animal. What is this animal called? Answer: Octopus14. This animal starts with an "O." It is a type of whale that is black and white and has big teeth. Answer: Orca15. This whale starts with a "K." What is another name for the black and white toothed whale in the last question? Answer: Killer Whale16. This animal starts with a "D." It is a very intelligent sea mammal that has a long snout and many teeth. These playful animals can be very friendly to people. Answer: Dolphin17. This word starts with a "P." What is a group of whales called? Answer: Pod18. This word starts with a "P." There are tons of tiny animals and plants that float in the ocean. These organisms are at the bottom of the food web and are eaten by many other animals, including the giant whales. What are they called? Answer: Plankton19. This animal starts with a "B." It is the biggest animal that has ever lived on Earth and is a type of whale. What is it called? Answer: Blue whale20. This big, scary shark starts with a "G." It has white skin and many sharp teeth. Although people are very afraid of it, it hardly ever attacks people. What is it called? Answer: Great White SharkHere are the penguin questions: 1. This bird's name starts with a "P." This black-and-white bird cannot fly but it swims very well. What is it called? Answer: Penguin2. This word starts with a "B." It is the name of the hard, outer part of a penguin's mouth. What is it called? beak (or bill)3. This word starts with an "F." Penguins eat this type of animal. What is it? fish4. This word starts with an "F." A penguin's body is covered with these. What are they called? feathers5. This penguin's name starts with an "E." This is the largest type of penguin . What is it called? emperor penguin6. This word starts with an "A." It is the name of the continent surrounding the South Pole, on which some penguins live. What is this continent? Antarctica7. This penguin's name starts with an "A." It lives on islands off southern Africa. What is it called? African penguin8. This penguin's name starts with an "M." It is a type of penguin that has a yellow head crest (tall feathers) on its head. What is it called? macaroni penguin9. This penguin's name starts with an "R." It is a type of penguin that has a head crest and hops on rocks. What is it called? rock-hopper penguin10. This word starts with an "F." It is the part of a penguin's body that is webbed; it helps the penguin swim. What is it called? footHere are the Pond Animal questions: 1. This pond animal's name starts with a "B." It is a mammal that builds dams to form large ponds and builds a den in the pond. It has a large, flat tail and strong teeth, which it uses to cut down trees. What is it called? Answer: Beaver2. This animal's name starts with a "D." It is a flying insect that can hover in mid-air. What is it called? Answer: Dragonfly3. This animal's name starts with a "D." It is a bird that floats on the water. What is it called? Answer: Duck4. This animal's name also starts with a "D." It is a fast-running mammal that drinks from ponds. What is it called? Answer: Deer5. This animal's name starts with an "F." It swims in the water and has fins. It breathes using gills. What is it called? Answer: Fish6. This animal's name also starts with an "F." It is an amphibian that hops and swims. What is it called? Answer: Frog7. This animal's name starts with a "G." It is a bird that makes a loud, honking sound. What is it called? Answer: Goose8. This animal's name starts with an "H." It is a long-legged bird with a long, sharp bill. What is it called? Answer: Heron9. This animal's name starts with an "M." It is a small, flying insect that bites animals (including people). What is it called? Answer: Mosquito10. This animal's name also starts with an "M." It is a mammal that builds a dome-shaped house in a pond. What is it called? Answer: Muskrat11. This animal's name starts with an "N." It is an amphibian that is has a long tail and is brightly colored. What is it called? Answer: Newt12. This animal's name starts with a "P." It is an insect that walks on the water. What is it called? Answer: Pond Skater13. This animal's name starts with an "S." It is a beatiful, long-necked bird. What is it called? Answer: Swan14. This animal's name also starts with an "S." It is a slow-moving animal that lives in a shell. What is it called? Answer: Snail15. This animal's name starts with an "T." It is another slow-moving animal that lives in its own shell. What is it called? Answer: TurtleWonderful Whales questions:1. What is the name of the large mammals that live in the oceans? These mammals breathe air and have some hair. Mothers feed their babies milk. Their name starts with a "W." Answer: Whales2. What is the name of the biggest animal in the world? It is a type of whale. This huge animal is also the world's loudest animal. Its name starts with "B." Answer: Blue whale3. Can you name 2 other whales whose names starts with "B"? Answer: Beluga and Bowhead whales4. This animal is a type of whale that has a long snout. It has teeth and eats fish. What is the name of this whale? It starts with "D." Answer: Dolphin5. Some whales migrate (travel) over long distances each year to go from rich feeding waters to safe waters in which they can give birth to their young. The whale that migrates the longest distance travels about 12,500 miles (20,110 km) each year. What is the name of this whale? It starts with "G." Answer: Gray whale6. There is a whale that lives in cold Arctic waters and has a long, sword-like tooth coming out of its head. What is the name of this whale? Its name starts with "N." Answer: Narwhal7. This whale is very acrobatic and sings long, complex songs. Its name starts with "H." What is it called? Answer: Humpback whale8. Some whales (like Orcas) travel in groups. What is a group of whales called? It starts with "P." Answer: Pod9. Some whales can jump out of the water and dive back in again. What is this activity called? It starts with "B." Answer: Breaching10. Some whales will stick their tail out of the water and into the air. They swing their tail around and then slap it on the water's surface, making a very loud noise. What is this activity called? It starts with "L." Answer: Lobtailing11. Some whales poke their head up out of the water and turn around. What is this activity called? It starts with "S." Answer: Spyhopping12. Can you name a fast-swimming black and white whale that eats fish, seals, and even some other whales? It starts with "K." Answer: Killer whale13. The killer whale has another common name. What is it? It starts with "O." Answer: Orca14. The really big whales eat tiny food. Each day, a giant whale can eat thousands of pounds of its shrimp-like food. What is the name of this food? It starts with "K." Answer: KrillHere are the Zoo Animals questions: 1. This huge animal has wrinkled gray skin, a long trunk, and big ears. Its name starts with "E." What is its name? Answer: Elephant2. This huge African animal starts with an "R." This animal has a single "horn" on its nose. What is its name? Answer: Rhinoceros3. This African animal starts with an "L." It is a cat that has dark spots on its fur. What is its name? Answer: Leopard4. This large African cat starts with an "L." The male has a large mane of hair on its neck. What is its name? Answer: Lion5. This large cat starts with a "T." It is a cat that has dark stripes on its fur. What is its name? Answer: Tiger6. This long-legged bird starts with an "F." It is pink and has a very long neck. What is its name? Answer: Flamingo7. This tall animal starts with a "G." It has a very long neck and lives in Africa. What is its name? Answer: Giraffe8. This big mammal starts with an "H." It is has a huge mouth and spends most of the day lying in water. It lives in Africa. What is its name? Answer: Hippopotamus9. This fast-running mammal starts with a "Z." It has black and white stripes and lives in Africa. What is its name? Answer: Zebra10. This lizard starts with an "I." It is green and lives in rain forests. What is its name? Answer: Iguana11. This zoo animal starts with a "K." It hops and the female has a pouch where the babies live. What is its name? Answer: Kangaroo12. This cuddly animal starts with a "K." It is gray and lives in trees. What is its name? Answer: Koala13. This bear starts with a "P." It is black and white and is from China. What is its name? Answer: Panda14. This big mammal starts with a "P." It is white and lives in the far north. What is its name? Answer: Polar Bear15. This long-legged bird starts with an "O." It has a big body, a long neck and long legs. What is its name? Answer: Ostrich16. This mammal starts with an "O." It is a playful animal and spends most of its time in the water. What is its name? Answer: Otter17. This animal starts with a "C." It has a hump on its back and is from the desert . What is its name? Answer: Camel18. This huge reptile starts with a "C." It has a long snout with many sharp teeth and a long tail. What is its name? Answer: Crocodile19. This animal starts with a "B." It is a mammal that flies. What is its name? Answer: Bat20. This hairy mammal starts with an "M." It likes to play and has very long arms. Many live in trees. What is its name? Answer: MonkeyHere are the Wonders of Water questions (this may be too many questions for one session): 1. About half of your body is made of a very special liquid. You need to drink this liquid every day. What is this liquid? It starts with a "W." Answer: Water2. Most of the food we eat contains a lot of water. Name a kind of melon that starts with "W" and has a lot of water in it. Answer: Watermelon (which is 92 percent water)3. Sometimes, liquid water falls from clouds in the sky. It starts with "R." What is it called? Answer: Rain4. What is the word for frozen water? It starts with "I." Answer: Ice5. Name a type of house that is made from frozen water. It starts with an "I." Answer: Igloo6. What is the name of a huge piece of frozen water that floats in the seas? It starts with "I." Answer: Iceberg7. Sometimes, fluffy, frozen water falls from the clouds in the sky. It starts with "S." What is it called? Answer: Snow8. You can roll up snow and make big snowballs. When you put them together they look like a person. What is this sculpture called? It starts with "S." Answer: Snowman9. When a lot of snow collects on mountains it can make a river of snow. It starts with "G." What is this river of snow called? Answer: Glacier10. What is the name of a small body of fresh water that is bigger than a puddle and smaller than a lake? It starts with "P." Answer: Pond11. When rain falls and snow melts in the mountains, the water flows downhill in a large streams that travel over a long distance, emptying out into an ocean or lake. What is this traveling body of water called? It starts with an "R." Answer: River12. What is the name of a large body of salty water on Earth? It starts with "O." These bodies of water cover three quarters of the surface of the Earth. Answer: Ocean13. Many animals and plants live in water. Can you name a common type of animal that swims in water? This animals has fins and breathes using gills. Its name starts with "F." Answer: Fish14. Water is constantly recycled on Earth. Water falls from the clouds onto the Earth. It flows in rivers into the oceans. The water evaporates and turns into clouds, which will make rain again. What is this cycle called? It starts with "W." Answer: Water cycleHere are the Fall questions: 1. This word starts with an "A." It is another word for fall. What is this word? Answer: autumn2. This word starts with an "A." This small, brown item can grow and become a huge oak tree. What is this word? Answer: acorn3. This word starts with an "A." It is a type of fruit that ripens in the fall. You can make cider from them. They are also good in pie. What is this fruit? Answer: apple4. This word starts with a "C." It is a yellow vegetable that you can eat on its cob. It was grown by Native Americans for thousands of years before the Europeans settled in North America. What is this vegetable? Answer: corn5. This word starts with an "H." It is made of dried leaves and is eaten by cows and horses. What is this word? Answer:hay6. This word starts with an "L." These flat, green things grow on trees. Many of them fall to the ground in fall. What is this word? Answer: leaf7. This word starts with a "P." This is a round, orange vegetable. People sometimes carve them to make a jack-o'-lantern. What is this word? Answer: pumpkin8. This word starts with an "R." This long-handled tool is used to gather leaves in the yard. What is this tool? Answer: rake9. This word starts with an "S." People put these in farm fields to scare away birds. What is this word? Answer: scarecrow10. This word starts with a "W." It is a silky thread woven by spiders. What is this word? Answer: webChristmas questions:1. This word starts with a "W." It is the season of the year in which Christmas is celebrated. What is it called? Answer: winter2. This word starts with an "H." It is the word for a time to celebrate. Christmas is one of these. What is it? Answer: holiday3. This word starts with an "S." It is a fluffy white form of water that sometimes falls in cold parts of the world during winter. What is it called? Answer: snow4. This word starts with an "S." It is a tiny object that has six sides and is used as a Christmas decoration. No two of these are alike. What is one of them called? Answer: snowflake5. This word starts with an "S." It is a roly-poly character that you can make out of snow. What is it called? Answer: snowman6. This word starts with a "P." Christmas is a time for giving. This is another word for a gift. What is this other word? Answer: present7. This word starts with an "R." Gifts are often decorated with one of these. What is it called? Answer: ribbon8. This word starts with a "T." Most children hope to get some of these for Christmas. What are they? Answer: toys9. This word starts with a "T." This is a symbol of Christmas. Some people put one of these in their house and decorate it with ornaments, lights, angels, and candy canes. What is it? Answer: tree10. This word starts with an "N." This cold, far-away area is where Santa lives. What is it called? Answer: North Pole11. This word starts with a "G." These decorated cookies are made in the shape of little people. What are they called? Answer: gingerbread or gingerbread men12. This word starts with an "R." These animals pull Santa's sleigh. What are they called? Answer: reindeer13. This word starts with an "H." This plant is another symbol of the season. It has red berries and shiny leaves with sharp points. What is it called? Answer: holly14. This word starts with a "C." Many people send these paper items to their friends and family at Christmas time, with a note of friendship and good wishes. What is one of these called? Answer: a card15. This word starts with a "W." It is a circular decoration. Many people put one of these on their door at Christmas time. What is it called? Answer: wreathColors, Shapes and Numbers questions:1. Name three colors that start with "B." Answer: Black, Blue, Brown2. Name a shape that starts with "C." Many things have this shape, including coins and dinner plates. Answer: Circle3. Name another shape that starts with "C." The moon looks like this shape when the Earth's shadow blocks most of the moon. Answer: Crescent4. Name another shape that starts with "C." Many things have this shape, including blocks and dice. Answer: Cube5. Name another shape that starts with "C." Cans of food have this shape. Answer: Cylinder6. Name a shape that starts with "D." This shape has 4 sides and 2 pointy ends. Answer: Diamond7. What is another name for a group of 12 things? It starts with "D." Answer: Dozen8. Name a number that starts with "E." Spiders have this number of legs. Answer: Eight9. Name a number that start with "F." This number is how many toes people have on each foot. Answer: Five10. Name another number that start with "F." This number is how many sides a square has. Answer: Four11. Name a color that starts with "G " and can be made by mixing black and white paint. Answer: Gray12. Name a color that starts with "G " and can be made by mixing blue and yellow paint. Answer: Green13. What is the name of a six-sided polygon? It starts with "H." Answer: Hexagon14. Name a number that starts with "N." There are this many planets in our Solar System. Answer: Nine15. What is the name of an eight-sided polygon? It starts with "O." Stop signs are this shape. Answer: Octagon16. Name a number that starts with an "O." You have this many noses. Answer: One17. Name a color that is also the name of a fruit. It can be made by mixing red and yellow paint, and it starts with the letter "O." Pumpkins are this color. Answer: Orange18. Name a shape that looks loke a squashed circle. It starts with "O." Answer: Oval19. What is the name of a five-sided polygon? It starts with "P." Answer: Pentagon20. Name a color that starts with "P" and can be made by mixing red and white paint. Answer: Pink21. Name a color that starts with "P" and can be made by mixing red and blue paint. Answer: Purple22. Name a shape that has four sides and starts with "R." Most pieces of paper have this shape. Answer: Rectangle23. Name a color that starts with the letter "R." Many things are this color, including some apples and the planet Mars. Answer: Red24. Name a number that starts with an "S." There are this many days in a week. Answer: Seven25. Name a number that starts with an "S." Insects have this many legs. Answer: Six26. Name a shape that starts with "S." This shape has four sides that have the same length. Answer: Square27. Name a number that starts with "T." Goldilocks met this number of bears. Answer: Three28. Name a shape that starts with "T." This shape has three sides. Answer: Triangle29. Name a number that starts with "T." You have this many ears. Answer: Two30. Name a color that starts with "W." Snow is this color. Answer: White31. Name a color that starts with "Y." Corn and lemons are this color. Answer: YellowHere are the continents questions: 1. This word starts with a "C." The land on Earth is divided into large land masses. What are they called? Answer: Continents2. This word starts with an "N." It is the continent that contains Canada, the United States and Mexico. What is it called? Answer: North America3. This word starts with an "S." This continent has many countries in it, including Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, and others. What is it called? Answer: South America4. This word starts with an "E." It is a continent that borders Asia. Some of the countries in this continent are England, Ireland, France, Italy, and Germany. What is it called? Answer: Europe5. This continent starts with an "A." It is a country, an island, and a continent. It is home to kangaroos and koalas. What is it called? Answer: Australia6. This continent starts with an "A." It is a large continent that borders Europe. Some of the countries in this continent are China, Japan, and India. What is it called? Answer: Asia7. This continent starts with an "A." It is located around the South Pole of the Earth. It is home to penguins. What is it called? Answer: Antarctica8. This word starts with an "A." It is divided into many countries, including Zaire, Egypt, and Mali. It is home to lions, zebras, antelopes, and many other animals. What is it called? Answer: AfricaFruits and Vegetables questions:1. Name a fruit that starts with "A." It is white on the inside and can be red, yellow, or green on the outside. Answer: Apple2. Name a spiny, green vegetable that starts with "A." Answer: Artichoke3. Name a long, thin fruit that starts with "B." It is yellow on the outside and white on the inside. Answer: Banana4. Name a long, thin, orange vegetable that grows underground. It starts with a "C." Answer: Carrot5. Name a crisp, green vegetable that has long stalks. It starts with "C." Answer: Celery6. Name a yellow vegetable that grows on a cob and starts with "C." Answer: Corn7. Name a vegetable that is green on the outside and white on the inside. It starts with "C." Answer: Cucumber8. Name a purple vegetable that starts with "E." Answer: Eggplant9. Name a big fruit that starts with "G." It can be yellow or pink and sometimes squirts you when you eat it. Answer: Grapefruit10. Name a sweet fruit that grows in bunches on vines. It starts with "G ." Answer: Grapes11. What do you call a pumpkin that has been carved to look like a scary face? It starts with "J." Answer: Jack-o'-lantern12. You can cook fruit with sugar to make a sweet spread that tastes good on bread. What is this spread called? It starts with "J." Answer: Jam or Jelly13. Name a sour, yellow fruit that starts with "L." Answer: Lemon14. Name a green, leafy vegetable that tastes good in salads. It starts with an "L." Answer: Lettuce15. Name a sour, green fruit that starts with "L." Answer: Lime16. Name a type of big fruit that has a rind. It starts with "M." Answer: Melon17. Name an oily, green fruit that starts with "O." Answer: Olive18. Name a sharp-tasting vegetable that starts with "O." It grows underground. Answer: Onion19. Name three sweet fruits that start with the letter "P" and grow on trees. Answer: Peach, Pear, Plum20. Name a tiny, round green vegetable that grows in pods. It starts with "P." Answer: Peas21. Name a vegetable that is brown on the outside and white on the inside. It grows underground and starts with the letter "P." Answer: Potato22. Name an orange vegetable that can be made into pie. It starts with "P." Answer: Pumpkin23. What do you get when you dry a plum? It starts with "P." Answer: Prune22. What do you get when you dry a grape? It starts with "R." Answer: Raisin25. Name a sweet, red fruit that starts with "S." Answer: Strawberry26. Name a soft, red fruit that starts with "T." It is not sweet. Answer: Tomato27. Name a sweet fruit that starts with "W." It is green on the outside and pink on the inside. Answer: Watermelon28. Name a sweet, orange vegetable that starts with "Y." It grows underground and can be made into pie. Answer: YamHere are the Occupation/Career questions: 1. This word starts with an "A." It describes a person who creates drawings, paintings, or other works of art. What is this word? Artist!2. This word starts with an "A." It describes a person who travels into space. What is this word? Answer: astronaut!3. This word starts with an "A." It describes a scientist who studies planets, asteroids, stars, galaxies, and other object in the universe. What is this word? Answer: astronomer4. This word starts with an "A." It describes a person who is very good at sports. What is this word? Answer: athlete5. This word starts with a "B." It describes a person who makes bread, cakes, pies, cookies, and other foods like those. What is this word? Answer: baker6. This word starts with a "C." It describes a person who dresses up in funny clothes to make other people laugh. What is this word? Answer: clown7. This word starts with a "D." It describes a person who helps other people get well when they are sick. What is this word? Answer: doctor8. This word starts with an "E." It describes a person who travels to places where no one else has been. What is this word? Answer: explorer9. This word starts with an "F." It describes a person who puts out fires and rescues people. What is this word? Answer: firefighter10. This word starts with an "I." It describes a person who creates new things that people find useful. What is this word? Answer: inventor11. This word starts with an "L." It describes a person who cares for books and other materials in a library, and helps people find them. What is this word? Answer: librarian12. This word starts with an "M." It describes a person who creates music. What is this word? Answer: musician13. This word starts with an "M." It describes a scientist who studies the weather. What is this word? Answer: meteorologist14. This word starts with an "N." It describes a person who cares for sick people and helps them get better. What is this word? Answer: nurse15. This word starts with a "P." It describes a scientist who studies fossils (like dinosaur bones). What is this word? Answer: paleontologist16. This word starts with a "P." It describes people who help enforce the laws. What is this word? Answer: police17. This word starts with a "P." It describes a person who is the elected leader of a country or organization. What is this word? Answer: president18. This word starts with a "T." It describes a person who helps other people learn things. What is this word? Answer: teacher19. This word starts with a "V." It describes a person who helps sick animals get better. What is this word? Answer: veterinarian20. This word starts with a "Z." It describes a scientist who studies animals. What is this word? Answer: zoologist1. How many letters are in the alphabet?____26_________________2. Name a dinosaur that starts with the letter "C."_______________________3. Name a plant that starts with the letter "V."__violet_____________________4. Is a whale shark a whale or a shark?_______________________5. What color is an emerald?_______________________6. What does a Stegosaurus have along its back?_______________________7. How many legs do insects have?______6_________________8. What type of animal is a narwhal?_______________________9. What is another word for fiddle?________violin_______________10. How many sides does a hexagon have?________6_______________

1. How many wheels does a unicycle have?____1___________________2. Name a dinosaur that starts with the letter "E."_______________________3. Name a plant that starts with the letter "S." spinach4. Is an aardvark an insect or a mammal?____mammal___________________5. What color is a ruby?_______________________6. What is the capital of Alaska?_______________________7. How many legs do spiders have ?___8____________________8. Name two Australian animals that starts with the letter "K." ___koala____________________ and_____kangaroo___________________9. Does the beluga whale swim in warm or cool water?_______________________10. How many sides does an octagon have?_____8__________________

1. What type of tree does an acorn come from?______oak tree_________________2. Is Africa a country or a continent? ____continent___________________3. When is America's Independence Day?______4th of July_________________4. Where is Italy?______in Europe_________________5. How many planets are in our Solar System?________8_______________6. How many arms does a squid have?_______________________7. How many states are in the United States?_______50________________8. Are shrews big or small? ____small___________________9. Is neon a gas?________yes_______________10. What is a nickel worth?_______________________1. What do flamingos eat?_______________________2. What is another word for the food chain? _______________________3. How many inches are in a foot?_______________________4. What is a baby frog called?_______tadpole________________5. How many quarts are in a gallon?_______________________6. How many cents are in a quarter?____25___________________7. Is the quetzal a bird or a mammal?___a bird____________________8. Do orangutans live in trees or on the ground? _______________________9. What do orcas eat?____seals___________________10. The oceans cover what percentage of the Earth's surface?__70%________________1. Does a walrus have tusks?_______yes________________2. What are raisins made from? ___grapes____________________3. How many strings does a ukulele have?_______________________4. A galaxy is a group of what?____stars___________________5. Is a gibbon a monkey or an ape?____monkey_______________6. Is the giraffe the tallest land animal?___yes________7. Are gorillas endangered animals?_______________________8. Do you blow or hum into a kazoo to make music? ____________9. Is the koala a bear?____no___________________10. What type of objects does a magnet attract?__iron________________1. What is another name for the starfish?______seastar_________________2. The tiniest mammal's name starts with an "S." What is it? ____shrew___________________3. Is the sun a star?_______________4. Name a very smelly animal that starts with an "S."___skunk___________________5. Name a type of house that starts with an "I."____igloo_______________6. What is another name for an infant?___baby________________7. Is the ocelot a type of cat or a bird?____cat___________________8. What are the colors of an oriole? ________________ and _________________9. Name a vegetable that starts with an "O."______onion_________________10. Name a fish that starts with a "Z."_____zebra fish_____________1. What does the vampire bat drink?_____blood__________________2. Name an article of clothing that starts with "V." _______vest________________3. Is Venus the first or second planet from the sun?___second____________4. Name a bald bird that starts with the letter "V."____vulture__________________5. What is another name for a "shooting star"? ___________________6. What shape is the full moon?___circle________________7. Is the echidna a mammal or a reptile?_______________________8. An estuary is where a river meets the ___sea______________9. Does an evergreen tree lose its leaves in the winter? ___no_________10. Do jaguars have stripes or spots? ____spots______________1. Where is the rattlesnake's rattle located?__in the tail_____________________2. How many sides does a rectangle have? ___4________3. Do reptiles have scaly skin?___yes____________4. Where do meerkats live?______________________5. Do minks live in dry or wet places? ___________________6. Is the monarch butterfly poisonous?___________________7. How long is a giant anteater?_______________________8. What noise does a goose make? __honk_______________9. What is another name for the groundhog? _woodchuck___________10. Is the snout of the goblin shark long or short? __________________1. How tall can a redwood tree grow?_______________________2. Name the oldest-known dinosaur; it starts with the letter "E."_______________________3. Name a musical instrument that starts with the letter "Z."__zither_____________________4. What color is a roach's blood?_______________________5. Can emus fly?_______no________________6. Where do nurse sharks live?_______________________7. How many horns did Triceratops have?___3____________________8. A glacier is made out of ___ice____________________9. What is a baby kangaroo called?____joey___________________10. How many sides does a heptagon have?_______7________________1. What color is a lobster's blood?_______________________2. Name 2 dinosaurs that start with the letter "L."_______________________ and________________________3. What animals are llamas related to? _alpaca______________________4. Where is most of an iceberg hidden?___underwater____________________5. Do moose live in northern or southern forests?______northern_________________6. Was Elasmosaurus a dinosaur?_______________________7. Is the beaver a rodent?_______yes________________8. What is butter made from? __milk_____________________9. What did the dinosaur Brachiosaurus eat?___grass____________________10. Name a flower that starts with "Z"?__zinnia_____________________

Landforms and Bodies of Water "Look It Up" Quiz Look up the following words to answer the questions. Look up this Word Question Answer 1. archipelago An archipelago consists of a chain of ____. islands_____________________________ 2. atoll What is an atoll formed from? ______coral_______________________ 3. bay A bay is smaller than this type of body of water. ___gulf__________________________ 4. butte What is the shape of the top of a butte? ________flat _____________________ 5. canyon What often forms a canyon? ______a river_______________________ 6. cape Is a cape made of land or water? ________land_____________________ 7. cliff What are cliffs made of? _______________rock and soil ______________ 8. continent How many continents are there on Earth? ___7__________________________ 9. cove What shape do most coves have? _________horseshoe-shaped ____________________ 10. fjord What surrounds a fjord? ___________steep cliffs __________________ 11. geyser Are geysers hot or cold? _____hot________________________ 12. glacier Do glaciers move slowly, quickly, or not at all? ___slowly __________________________ 13. gulf A gulf is part of a larger body of what? ____water _________________________ 14. island What are islands surrounded by? ______water _______________________ 15. isthmus An isthmus is a narrow strip of what? ______land _______________________ 16. mesa What word describes the walls of a mesa? ________steep _____________________ 17. mountain What is the name of the tallest mountain on Earth? _____Mt. Everest ________________________ 18. peninsula A peninsula is surrounded by water on how many sides? ____three (3) _________________________ 19. valley Valleys are located between these. __________mountains ___________________ 20. volcano Name three things that come out of volcanoes. ____ lava, ashes, and hot gases _________________________